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Louisiana Home Health Agency Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated October 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.10 Facilities analyzed176 Government sourcesthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Last updatedOctober 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.10

Louisiana has 176 active licensed home health agencys on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Home Health Compare data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

176active licensed home health agencys across 64 Louisiana cities appear on the state's public file.
92%hold an A or B records layer grade.
84.2is the statewide average records layer score across all graded home health agencys.
Hammondis the highest-scoring larger city (10 facilities, average score 87.4).
Baton Rougehas the most licensed home health agencys in the state (14).

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed home health agencys176
Cities covered64
Statewide average records layer score84.2
Grade A facilities104 (59.1%)
Grade B facilities58 (33%)
Grade C facilities14 (8%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)176 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0

How cities compare

Average records layer score by city (cities with 10+ facilities), against the statewide average of 84.2.

CityFacilitiesAvg scorevs state
Hammond1087.4+3.2
Metairie1085.3+1.1
Lafayette1184.5+0.3
Baton Rouge1483.5-0.7

By city

Baton Rouge (14)Lafayette (11)Hammond (10)Metairie (10)Alexandria (8)Monroe (7)Shreveport (6)Covington (6)Lake Charles (5)Minden (5)West Monroe (5)New Orleans (5)Houma (4)Gretna (4)Mansfield (3)Jennings (3)Zachary (3)Gonzales (3)Crowley (2)Opelousas (2)Ferriday (2)Mandeville (2)Winnsboro (2)Bunkie (2)Natchitoches (2)Deridder (2)Thibodaux (2)Ruston (2)Bossier City (2)La Place (2)Leesville (2)Marksville (2)Morgan City (2)Eunice (2)Kinder (2)Breaux Bridge (2)Basile (1)Jena (1)Delhi (1)Slidell (1)Raceland (1)Plaquemine (1)Oak Grove (1)New Roads (1)Madisonville (1)Campti (1)Sulphur (1)Harahan (1)Ville Platte (1)Cut Off (1)Homer (1)Mangham (1)Coushatta (1)Rayville (1)Arcadia (1)Kenner (1)Ponchatoula (1)Sibley (1)New Iberia (1)Oakdale (1)Abbeville (1)Springhill (1)Denham Springs (1)Jonesville (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Elara Caring Natchitoches · A

#2 Elara Caring Mansfield · A

#3 Allegiance Home Health Of West Central Louisiana Campti · A

#4 Elara Caring Bossier City · A

#5 Elara Caring Leesville · A

#6 Allegiance Home Health Of Southeast Louisiana Gonzales · A

#7 Stat Home Health, LLC La Place · A

#8 Elara Caring Metairie · A

#9 Home Health Care 2000-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · A

#10 Christus Homecare St Patrick Lake Charles · A

#11 Southeast Louisiana Home Health, LLC Covington · A

#12 Jeff Davis Md Homecare Jennings · A

#13 Elara Caring Opelousas · A

#14 Supreme Home Health Service INC Monroe · A

#15 Bunkie Homecare Bunkie · A

#16 Stat Home Health North, LLC Monroe · A

#17 Louisiana Homecare Of Alexandria Alexandria · A

#18 Amedisys Home Health Houma · A

#19 St. Tammany Hospital Home Health Madisonville · A

#20 Louisiana Home Health Minden · A

#21 Allegiance Home Health Of East Central Louisiana Ville Platte · A

#22 Allegiance Home Health Of Northwest La Minden · A

#23 Centerwell Home Health Houma · A

#24 Elara Caring Ruston · A

#25 Elara Caring Baton Rouge · A

Don't see a name? Search it. Every home health agency has an answer.

Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every home health agency in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About home health agency licensing in Louisiana

Home Health Agencys in Louisiana are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Home Health Compare data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many home health agencys are there in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 176 active licensed home health agencys on the state's public file, across 64 cities. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Louisiana city has the most home health agencys?

Baton Rouge, with 14 licensed home health agencys, followed by Lafayette (11) and Hammond (10).

How are Louisiana home health agency grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Home Health Compare data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every home health agency in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Louisiana republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of October 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.10 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: October 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Louisiana Home Health Agency Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.10). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/homehealth/la

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Louisiana Home Health Agency Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.10, October 2026, zreports.org/rankings/homehealth/la.

Plain, Louisiana Home Health Agency Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.10, updated October 2026, zreports.org/rankings/homehealth/la

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