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Posted Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 11:51 amNovember 10, 2009
For Immediate Release
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CovenantCare at Home Ranked “Elite” and Top Home Health Provider For Third Year in Row
Turlock Home Health Agency Earns Top State and National Scores
for Quality, Care, and Satisfaction
Turlock CA – November 10, 2009 – CovenantCare at Home of Turlock, an affiliate of a national, Medicare-certified home health and private duty agency, was awarded the 2009 “HomeCare Elite™” ranking by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare informatics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of homecare’s most respected independent newsletter, Home Health Line. This award recognizes CovenantCare at Home as one of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States.
This annual review identifies the top 25 percent of home health agencies and also highlights the top 100 and 500 agencies overall. 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 their patients by providing the best possible care and performing at the highest level,” said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS HomeCare. “We congratulate CovenantCare at Home on being one of the top home care agencies in the country.”
Added Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Line, “We would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients.”
Joseph Haughney, president of CovenantCare at Home, credits the conscientious and focused clinical staff for the Company’s ranking as one of the HomeCare Elite. “Diane Gomes, our Turlock Administrator, has assembled a great team,” said Haughney. “They are talented, committed to the health of the whole person, and enlist the best resources to maximize whole-person wellness – for all of our clients.”
The 2009 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the rapidly-growing home health industry. The data used for this analysis is compiled from publicly-available information and compares agency performance to both state and national standards.
About CovenantCare at HomeCovenantCare at Home is a Medicare-certified Home Health and Private Duty Home Care services provider. It evolved from the ministries of Chicago’s Home of Mercy, which expanded to include hospitals, enabling residences for adults, children’s homes, and retirement communities with independent, assisted, and skilled facilities – and, most recently, CovenantCare at Home. Its services are grounded in the ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church and its 100-year Christian heritage of service. For more information about CovenantCare at Home in Turlock, please call 209-520-5200 or visit www.CovenantCareatHome.org.
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 deliver positive home health outcomes. For more information about OCS HomeCare, please visit www.ocshomecare.com or call 888-325-3396.
About Decision Health®For more than 30 years, Decision Health has served as the industry’s leading source for news, analysis, and instructional guidance with cutting edge information sources such as Home Health Line, OASIS-C & Outcomes Solutions, Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health, and Inside the Joint Commission. Our unique blend of award-winning, on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers, healthcare organization managers, and their revenue-cycle staff enable us to provide solutions, tools, and guidance that’s relied upon by health care professionals. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877-602-3835.
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