Care One At Lexington in Lexington, MA

Care One At Lexington is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Lexington, Massachusetts. It is located in Middlesex county at 178 Lowell Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420. You can reach out to the office of Care One At Lexington via phone at (781) 862-7400. This skilled nursing facility has 211 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 57.63%. Its legal business name is 178 Lowell Street Operating Company, Llc and has the following ownership type - For Profit - Corporation.

Care One At Lexington (Medicare CCN 225288) 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 1985 (39 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in June, 2019.

Name	Care One At Lexington
Location	178 Lowell Street, Lexington, Massachusetts
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	211
Occupancy Rate	57.63%
Medicare ID (CCN)	225288
Legal Business Name	178 Lowell Street Operating Company, Llc
Ownership Type	For Profit - Corporation

Nursing Homes may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Care One At Lexington from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1528066396
Organization Name	178 LOWELL STREET OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
Doing Business As	LEXINGTON HEALTH CARE CENTER
Address	178 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA 02420
Phone Number	781-862-7400

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Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Care One At Lexington are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Care One At Lexington give to their patients.

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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	$7036
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	1

The resident survey data of Care One At Lexington 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	19.87	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	7.05	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	81.6	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.79	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	1.19	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	1.76	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	1.37	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	98.63	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	22.02	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	93.96	83.88
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication	2.89	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened	26.86	17.09
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	12.5	19.7
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers	5.38	7.32
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	98.64	95.98
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function	53.33	67.99
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	94.1	82.93

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