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Westbrook Visiting Nurses & Public Health

A home health agency in Westbrook, Connecticut 06498

866 Boston Post Road, Westbrook, Connecticut 06498. (860) 399-3088.

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Record last released by CMS on Oct 21, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2023. Most serious: Standard-level. Every month

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What these words mean3
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

The last inspection on record was on Dec 21, 2023: a recertification inspection.

1 deficiency cited in the last three years.

Source:

CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2023. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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Each deficiency, as cited

Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.

Source:

CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.

Dec 21, 2023: recertification inspection1 deficiency

  • Authentication

    The inspectors’ words, 476 words

    “Authentication CFR(s): 484.110(b) Standard: Authentication. All entries must be legible, clear, complete, and appropriately authenticated, dated, and timed. Authentication must include a signature and a title (occupation), or a secured computer entry by a unique identifier, of a primary author who has reviewed and approved the entry. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: Based on Clinical Record Review and interviews with agency personnel, for one (1) of two (2) patients receiving wound care, the agency failed to authenticate the accuracy of the referral source documentation for the accurate completion of the Initial Home Health Certification and Plan of Care document, as it related to the referral source documentation, as it related to the location of the patient’s wound. The findings include. Patient # 2 had a home health start of care date of October 25, 2023, with diagnosis that included non-pressure chronic ulcer of leg wound, Lymphedema, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation, history of a Cerebral Vascular Accident, and obesity. Review of the health provider certification period of 10-25-23 through 12-23-23 included skilled nursing services 3 times a week for 8 weeks for wound care to the left lower leg for non-pressure ulcer, generalized nursing assessments for medication management, and monitoring of the patient’s skin integrity and bilateral lower leg lymphedema, and physical therapy services for gait training, functional mobility, and safety. Review of the patient’s health care providers’ referral documentation dated 10/24/2023 with the Administrator/Supervisor of Clinical Services (SCS) on 12/21/23 at 10:30am, identified Patient #2 was referred for home health services for skilled nursing for wound care to the left lower leg for a non-pressure ulcer, Further review of the health care provider referral document with the Administrator/SCS, identified the wound referral location was reported in the Primary Diagnosis section as, leg ulcer, but the order questions” section, identified the wound was located to the right leg. Interview and review of patient # 2, the Home Health Agency start of care document and healthcare provider orders dated 10-25-23 with the Administrator/SCS, 12-21-23 at 10:30 am, identified that during the initial nursing assessment visit, ton 10-25-23 he Primary Diagnosis was identified as, non-pressure chronic ulcer unspecified part of left lower leg limited to breakdown skin. Further review of the nursing interventions section in the initial start of care documentation, identified the nurse would assess, perform, instruct patient/primary care giver to perform wound care to the right lower extremity stasis ulcerations three (3) times per week. The Administrator identified he/she did not authenticate the accurate location of the patient’s wound as documented within the referral document, and initial start of care documentation. The agency failed to authenticate the accurate location of the Patient’s wound as documented within the referral document, and initial start of care documentation and failed to contact the referring provider to verify the correct location of the patient’s wounds.”

    Rule G1024. Standard-level.

The one inspection in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Dec 21, 2023Recertification inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified home health agency since Jul 1, 1966.
  • Ownership: government operated.
  • No deficiency on record in the last three years.
Source:

CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.

CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has anything been proven against it?

  • CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
  • 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
Source:

CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

  • Offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, medical social services and home health aide services.
  • CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for home health agencies.
Source:

CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Who owns it?

  • Town of Westbrook owns 100% directly since Feb 2, 2017.
  • 2 owners or officers are people: Caroline Mullaney Luketich (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Caroline Mullaney Luketich (runs it (operational or managerial control), 0%).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, Home Health Agency All Owners and Home Health Agency Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Town of WestbrookOwns 5% or more directly100%Feb 2, 2017

How do patients fare?

  • CMS rates its quality of patient care 3.5 of 5.
  • Patients rate it 5 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (71 surveys completed): 96% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 95% would definitely recommend it.
  • CMS compares it with the national rate: discharged to the community, better; potentially preventable hospital stays, the same; potentially preventable readmissions after discharge, the same.
Source:

CMS, Home Health Care Agencies and Home Health Patient Survey. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Ratings and measures, as published
MeasureRating
Quality of patient care ratingCMS star rating, 1 to 5 in half stars3.5 of 5
Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the agency’s patients, 1 to 55 of 5
Discharged to the communityCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate93.80% (better than the national rate)
Potentially preventable hospital staysCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate9.84% (same as the national rate)
Potentially preventable readmissions after dischargeCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate3.94% (same as the national rate)

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 13 agencies CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 06498, where this agency’s office is, 13 have a quality of patient care rating; the middle one is 3.5 of 5, and this one is rated 3.5 of 5.
Source:

CMS, Home Health ZIP Codes and Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.

The 13 agencies CMS lists serving ZIP code 06498
PlaceQuality rating
Westbrook Visiting Nurses & Public Health This home health agency3.5
Hartford Healthcare at Home3.5
Visiting Nurses of the Lower V4
Middlesex Health Care at Home and Hospice Program3.5
Yale New Haven Health - Health at Home3.5
Masonicare Home Health & Hospice, Inc.2.5
Centerwell Home Health4.5
Pathwell Home Health4.5
Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. of So Ct3
Atrinity Home Health3
Lighthouse Home Health Care LLC3
Infinity Homecare Services, LLC3.5

What the record doesn’t say

  • CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
  • Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
  • QCOR says some of its home health reports are accurate or available only through May 19, 2021, because of a systems migration.
  • Many home health agencies are inspected by a private accrediting organisation instead of the state, and QCOR’s home health file doesn’t appear to include those inspections: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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