ALTOONA – Home Nursing Agency Home Health has announced that it has been named to the Top 500 of the 2014 HomeCare Elite™, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States.
Now in its ninth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the Top 25 percent of agencies and highlights the Top 100 and Top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice (process measure) implementation, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS®), quality improvement and consistency and financial performance.
In order to be considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for at least one outcome in Home Health Compare. Out of 9,994 agencies considered, 2,501 are elite.
The award is sponsored by OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation, the leading products for home health metrics and analytics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the most respected independent newsletter in the home care profession, Home Health Line.
“The 2014 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality care in their home health communities and we recognize them for their remarkable achievements,” said Mary Oakes, senior vice president of Post-Acute at National Research.
“We congratulate Home Nursing agency on being one of the Top 500 home care agencies in the country.”
Janie Christner, vice president of home health for Home Nursing Agency, credits the agency’s ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite to exceptional, individualized patient care designed to ensure each patient achieves his/her maximum potential; comprehensive education program for clinicians and an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to patient care.
“Our home health clinicians have proven themselves as leaders in the industry with nine consecutive years of earning the HomeCare Elite distinction,” said Robert Packer, Home Nursing Agency president.
“Our 46-year history in home health care has included many changes to how care is delivered, but our commitment to serving patients remains unchanged. It is our mission to provide the highest quality of customer service to patients wherever they call home.”
“HomeCare Elite recognition is a significant acknowledgement. In today’s healthcare ecosystem, it is imperative that our seniors have access to quality home healthcare in order to ensure better patient outcomes and improve overall cost, and therefore, home healthcare continues to remain an integral part of the care continuum. The winners of the HomeCare Elite Award are proving that a heightened focus on clinical outcomes, patient experience and financial management lead to success,” said Marci Heydt, product manager for the post-acute care business group of DecisionHealth.
