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Vital Care Health Systems

Home health in San Diego, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address444 CAMINO DEL RIO SOUTH, SUITE 219
CitySan Diego
StateCalifornia
ZIP code92108
Phone619-291-7888
CMS certification number (CCN)059398
OwnershipPROPRIETARY
CertificationMedicare-certified home health agency (CMS)
Care typeshome health
Services offerednursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, medical social services, home health aide
Palliative services basisNo palliative care program is shown in the agency's CMS Home Health Care Agencies record. That CMS file carries no palliative-care field, so this flag records CMS evidence only; it is not a claim the agency offers no palliative care.

Vital Care Health Systems is in 444 CAMINO DEL RIO SOUTH, SUITE 219, San Diego, CA 92108. Phone: 619-291-7888. Ownership: PROPRIETARY. It offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, medical social services, home health aide. CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating: 3.5 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 76.83; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 12.98.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating3.5
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator476
PPH Numerator31
PPR Numerator1
DTC Denominator673
PPH Denominator285
PPR Denominator73
DTC Observed Rate70.73
PPH Observed Rate10.88
PPR Observed Rate1.37
Discharge Function Score65.48
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate76.83
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate12.98
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate3.91
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
Offers Medical Social ServicesYes
PPH Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
PPR Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
Offers Home Health Aide ServicesYes
Offers Physical Therapy ServicesYes
Offers Speech Pathology ServicesYes
Offers Occupational Therapy ServicesYes
How often patients' breathing improved88.51
Numerator for Discharge Function Score184
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)73.20
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)80.02
Denominator for Discharge Function Score281
How often patients got better at bathing95.28
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)9.33
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)17.09
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)2.83
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.56
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient100.00
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider100.00
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved169
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved224
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing225
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing278
How often patients got better at walking or moving around87.51
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed99.17
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient233
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider229
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient233
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider229
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.00
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury1.30
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth95.22
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around198
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed187
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around283
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed272
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner88.12
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury295
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury6
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth175
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury463
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth273
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner408
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely87.47
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner463
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season74.58
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely405
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely463
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season264
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season354
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally0.99
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)1,946
Home health CAHPS survey
Footnote Number11
Survey response rate12
Number of completed Surveys55
CMS Certification Number (CCN)059398
Footnote for Survey response rate11
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating2
Footnote for number of completed surveys11
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating Footnote11
Footnote for Star Rating for overall care from agency11
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them2
Footnote for Star Rating for communicated well with them11
Footnote Star Rating discussed medicines, pain, home safety11
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way2
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency2
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety2
Footnote for Star Rating for gave care in a professional way11
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them80
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way82
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them11
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way11
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them75
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family68
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)74
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them11
Footnote for Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0(lowest) to 10(highest)11
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family11

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