Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC

78-10 164^th Street, Flushing New York 11366

Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is located in Flushing, New York. It has 143 certified beds that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, with an average of 135.5 residents per day. Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is not in a Continuing Care Retirement Community, and it is not in a hospital. It has a Resident Council to facilitate communications with the staff. The facility is a for profit corporation doing business under the legal business name of Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center, LLC.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gives each nursing home an overall rating on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating* for Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is 2 stars which is a “below average” rating. The CMS also assigns a star rating in each of 3 categories: health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care measures. Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. Health inspection results, staffing data, and quality of resident care information are 3 important ways to measure the quality of a nursing homes.

Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC’s star rating for health inspections is 1 star which is a “much below average” rating. Approximately once a year, New York State inspectors conduct full inspections of nursing homes for compliance with the federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations, which aims to protect and improve the health and safety of residents. Throughout a year, a nursing home may also be inspected based on a complaint submitted by a resident (or other individual), or based on a facility’s self-reported incident, such as a resident suffering an injury.

The date of the most recent health inspection of Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC was March 7, 2018. When inspectors find noncompliance, the facility receives a citation that indicates the specific federal regulation that was violated. As a result of the March 7, 2018 inspection, 1 health citation was noted. The average number of health citations in New York is 4.8, while the national average is 7.8. In the past 3 years there was 1 complaint that resulted in a citation, but no facility-reported incidents that resulted in citations.

Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC received a “much below average” rating (1 star) for staffing. The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is 1 hour and 7 minutes, while the New York average is 1 hour and 31 minutes and the national average is 1 hour and 33 minutes. The registered nurse hours per resident per day at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is 22 minutes compared to 42 minutes for New York and 41 minutes for the United States. The licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/LVN) hours per resident per day at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is 44 minutes compared to 49 minutes for New York and 53 minutes for the United States.

Physical therapist hours are also measured. This measure shows the average time physical therapists spend providing care tor residents throughout the facility. However, not all nursing home residents require physical therapy. Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC provides 5 minutes of physical therapist staff hours per resident per day, compared to the New York average is 7 minutes and the national average is 5 minutes.

CMS combines the values of 17 quality measures (QMs) to create three quality of resident care ratings: a short-stay quality measure rating, a long-stay quality measure rating, and an overall quality measure rating. QMs are derived from clinical data reported by the nursing home and from Medicare claims data submitted for payment.

Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC’s star rating for overall quality of resident care is 5 stars which is a “much above average” rating.

Short-stay residents. Short-stay residents are those who spent 100 days or less in a nursing home, or residents covered under the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility benefit. Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC’s star rating for short-stay residents is 5 stars which is a “much above average” rating.

20.9% of Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC’s short-stay residents were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission. The average for New York is 20.4% and national average is 22.6%. Antipsychotic medications can be used to treat certain mental health conditions. 0.4% of short-stay residents of Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC received antipsychotic medication for the first time, while the New York average is 1.5%. and the national average is 1.8%.

Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores or pressure injuries, are injuries to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin, such as staying in one position for a long time. 0.8% of the skilled nursing facility residents at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC had pressure ulcers that were new or worsened while residing at this facility. The national average is 1.6%.

Nursing facilities are also evaluated for their flu and pneumonia prevention measures. 80.6% of Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC’s short-stay residents received the needed flu shot for current flu season. This percentage is slightly lower than both the New York and national averages which stand at 82.6% and 82.3%, respectively. As for the percentage of short-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is 69.4%, while the average for New York is 79.3% and the average for the United States is 83.2%.

Long-stay residents. Long-stay residents are those who spent over 100 days in a nursing home. Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC’s rating for long-stay residents is 5 stars which is a “much above average” rating.

A part of a nursing home’s quality of resident care rating is the number of resident hospitalizations. For Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC, the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident days is 1.06, while the New York average is 1.55, and the national average is 1.75. As for the number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay resident, for Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC the number is days is 0.35, while the New York average is 0.74, and the national average is 1.03.

The rating also takes into consideration specific medical issues experienced by residents. The percentage of long-stay residents at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC experiencing one or more falls with major injury is 1.0, while the New York average is 2.9, and the national average is 3.4. The percentage of long-stay high-risk residents at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC with pressure ulcers is 6.5%, compared to the New York average of 8.6% and the national average of 7.4%. The percentage of long-stay residents at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC with a urinary tract infection is 1.0%, compared to the New York average of 2.4% and the national average of 2.8%. The percentage of long-stay residents at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC who have or had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder is 2.4%, compared to the New York average of 1.6% and the national average of 2.2%.

As for factors related to mobility and pain, the rating examines the percentage of residents whose ability to move independently worsened. For Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC, 11.5% of long-stay residents’ ability to move independently worsened. The average for New York is 16.0% and the national average is 17.9%. The percentage of long-stay residents at Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC whose need for help with daily activities has increased is 8.8%, compared to the New York average of 13.3% and the national average of 14.8%. The percentage of long-stay residents Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC who report moderate to severe pain is 1.3%, compared to the New York average of 4.0% and the national average of 6.9%.

When a nursing home gets a serious citation or fails to correct a citation for a long period of time, that facility may be assessed a penalty. A penalty can be a fine against the facility or a denied payment from Medicare. Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC was assessed a penalty in the amount of a fine of $45,367 on October 19, 2016.

The information about the performance of Meadow Park Rehabilitation And Health Center LLC is from Medicare.gov and is based on past performance. Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. Further, we recommend that you check the statistics yourself at Medicare.gov for both accuracy and updates. Choosing a nursing home is a very difficult decision, and we make no representation as to the quality of any of the facilities or their ratings on the site.