10/21/2009

VNA Nazareth Home Care named to HomeCare Elite for fourth consecutive year

VNA Nazareth Home Care has been named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite™, their fourth consecutive year. The HomeCare Elite is a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States, which identifies the top 25 percent of agencies. 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 VNA Nazareth Home Care on being one of the top home care agencies in the country."

VNA Nazareth Home Care CEO, Gerrie Leppert, credits a patient-focused staff and values-driven strategy with the company’s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. She said, "I’m proud of this team and their ability to uphold higher quality standards for our patients four years in a row.   Receiving this recognition again is a testament to our commitment to provide patients with the best quality care for better outcomes and improved quality of life."

“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 HomeCare, the leading provider of homecare information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of homecare’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.


About VNA Nazareth Home Care
VNA Nazareth Home Care, a service of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare, has provided home care and wellness services to central Kentucky and southern Indiana communities for more than a century. Our innovative services and preventative health programs recognize the needs of our patients and promote the highest quality of life. VNA Nazareth Home Care has a team of registered nurses, social workers, companions, dieticians, pharmacists, aides and physical, occupational and speech therapists. The team provides care for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, mental health and ventilator use and offers programs for low vision, stroke management, wound management, better breathing, falls prevention, healthy heart and infusion therapy. For more information, visit www.vnanazareth.org or call 1-800-346-4577.

About OCS HomeCare
OCS HomeCare empowers home health and hospice organizations with results-driven data intelligence, plus the largest and most accurate homecare database in the industry. Homecare providers, payers, associations, government agencies, vendors, and consultants all turn to OCS to elevate decision-making, raise the bar on results, and bring home positive outcomes. For more information about OCS HomeCare, please visit www.ocshomecare.com or call 888.325.3396.

About DecisionHealth®
For more than 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry's leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with cutting edge information sources such as Part B News, Home Health Line, Medicare Compliance Alert, Inside the Joint Commission and Specialty Coders Pink Sheets. Our unique blend of award-winning, on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers, healthcare organization managers and their revenue-cycle staffs enables us to provide solutions, tools and guidance that’s relied on by nearly 100,000 home health care and specialty physician practice professionals. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877.602.3835.

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