Auburn, NE - November 6, 2009 - Nemaha County Home Care today announced that it has been named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the top performing home health agencies in the United States. This annual review identifies the Top 25 percent of agencies and further highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. There were 8,892 home health care agencies that were considered for the 2009 HomeCare Elite. Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement, and financial performance.
"The 2009 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level," said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS HomeCare, "We congratulate Nemaha County Home Care on being one of the Top 100 home care agencies in the country."
Jere Gravatt, Nemaha County Home Care Director credits a team approach between the Nemaha County Home Care Department and the Nemaha County Hospital with the company's ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. She said, "Getting this award is both exciting and humbling. It honors all those involved on many levels with home care. The criteria for this award are based on the Medicare required forms that are completed on admission and dismissal of our patients. What we strive to do is give our patients the best care that we can. Extra effort is taken to make each patient's care specific for them. We have focused on strong teamwork, communication and cooperation between the hospital staff, doctors, pharmacists, as well as out therapists and nurses. This makes the transition home as seamless as possible allowing the patient to recover under the best conditions possible thus following the mission statement of Nemaha County Hospital: Quality Care - Every Time."
Nemaha County Home Health operates under the auspices of Nemaha County Hospital of Auburn. "We have felt for quite some time that the quality of our home health agency was the very best," says Kermit Moore, Chief Nursing Officer as the hospital. "The citizens of our area can contact our Home Health staff with confidence that they will receive proper care from people who truly care about their well-being."
"DecisionHealth would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients," adds Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth's Home Health Line.
The 2009 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2009 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of homecare information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care's most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The data used for this analysis was compiled from publicly available information. The entire list of the 2009 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS Web site at www.ocshomecare.com. |
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