Byron Health Center in Fort Wayne, IN

Byron Health Center is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is located in Allen county at 1661 Beacon Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805. You can reach out to the office of Byron Health Center via phone at (260) 637-3166. This skilled nursing facility has 120 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 73.25%. Its legal business name is Hendricks County Hospital and has the following ownership type - Non Profit - Corporation.

Byron Health Center (Medicare CCN 155364) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1990 (34 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in September, 2019.

Name	Byron Health Center
Location	1661 Beacon Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	120
Occupancy Rate	73.25%
Medicare ID (CCN)	155364
Legal Business Name	Hendricks County Hospital
Ownership Type	Non Profit - Corporation

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	1
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$6500
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	1

The resident survey data of Byron Health Center is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	24.92	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	6.69	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	47.27	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	2.61	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	0.3	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	0	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	1.48	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	96.75	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	31.38	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	56.67	83.88