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All County Health Care:

Offering A Better Quality of Life For Our Patients

BY DANIEL CASCIATO areas, including cardiac care, wound related topics,” says Biasi. “Through the
care, diabetes care, and low-vision reha- program, we educate the public about
As a Medicare-certified home health bilitation services. All County also has a what is new and what’s happening in the
agency, All County Health Care provides pulmonary team dedicated to treating field of medicine by interviewing differ-
patients throughout South Florida with patients with COPD using IPV (intrapul- ent physicians across South Florida. It
caring, compassionate, and cost-effective monary percussive ventilator) therapy gets a tremendous amount of listeners.
home health care tailored to their indi- and is the only home health agency in We reach nearly 3 million people in the
vidual needs. Medicare Part A covers the tri-county area that provides this course of each week.”
home health at no cost to the patient innovative service. During the show, guest physicians
who has the right to select a Medicare “Everyone in this industry offers the have the opportunity to talk about what
provider of their choice. same type of services but we wanted to they specialize in as well as discuss their
Located in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, go beyond that,” says Biasi. “For exam- practice and new developments in their
All County is licensed in Miami-Dade, ple, we added a behavioral health team field of expertise.
Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. and invested over 100,000 dollars in IPV No matter what patients are coping
Since its founding by Cynthia Baker The exclusive pulmonary therapy equipment and training. We can with—chronic illness or healing from an
McDonald in 1990, All County has hygiene treatment team treat patients at home with the same type injury—Biasi stresses that All County
maintained that quality health care of equipment used in hospitals. Patients has the right resources to help them
should extend beyond the patient’s hos- who suffer from COPD and other respi- manage their condition while still living
pital stay to the comfort of their own press one or press two. We want to make ratory ailments are readmitted to the at home.
home. Its professional staff works with it easier not more difficult for our hospital often within 15 days of dis- “We started as a private duty agency
patients and physicians to provide quali- patients and their families and physicians charge. With our IPV treatments, we taking care of the sick and elderly and
ty home health care services that meet to get in touch with us, so they can speak have drastically reduced hospital read- helping them with activities of daily liv-
the medical and personal needs of each with a live person 24 hours a day 7 days missions and improved the quality of life ing with home health aides,” Biasi says.
patient. a week.” of our patients to the point where many “Now when a doctor’s family member or
“A commitment and dedication to This dedication to quality patient care do not need to be readmitted to the hos- friend gets sick they call us first. Patients
quality is the overriding principle guid- has resulted in All County’s recent 4.5 pital.” are able to choose which Medicare-certi-
ing us at All County Health Care,” Star (out of 5) overall rating for 2018 by All County also sponsors a weekly fied home health agency they want to
according to Vice-President Louis Biasi. the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid radio show called “You and Your Doctor: use. We’re the agency that physicians
“Our goal is to always provide quality Services as well as a 5-star rating in cus- Live Longer and Healthier,” which airs choose to take care of their loved ones.
care for seniors,” he says. “Being a senior tomer satisfaction. This rating under- on Tuesday evenings. The program is Hopefully, you will consider All County
myself, I want to give our patients the scores All County’s focus on providing broadcast live from 6 to 7 pm and also Health Care for your home care needs.”
best possible care whatever the cost and I quality home health services to patients airs on Friday evenings from 5:30 to 6
don’t want them shortchanged by some- in the tri-county area. pm. The show can be heard on 95.3 FM To learn more about all of the services
one only interested in the bottom line. I “Today medicine is all about money,” and 1470 AM and is live-streamed on All that All County Health Care provides, call
attribute our success to our field staff of says Biasi. “We’ve been locally owned County Health Care’s Facebook page. 1-888-717-7170 or visit
RNs, LPNs, PTS, OTs, and Behavioral and operated for over 25 years. We’re not “We sponsor the radio show because www.allcountyhealthcare.com.
and Speech Therapists and our office run by Big Pharma or a big corporation we want to inform seniors on health-
staff which includes our Director of that has to focus on the bottom line. We
Nursing, Administrator, and case man- continue to look for ways to improve our
agers. They are all focused on one services and give the best possible care.”
thing—to make sure that each patient Biasi explains that the agency is always
receives the best quality care.” seeking new avenues to service their
In fact, Biasi adds that if anyone calls patients as well. In addition to providing
the agency at any time a live person skilled nursing, physical and occupation-
answers the phone. “I’m old-fashioned,” al therapy, and behavioral health All
he says. “We don’t instruct a caller to County also specializes in a number of

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