235 Amedisys Home Health Care Centers recognized
BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Amedisys, a leading home health care and hospice company (NASDAQ: AMED),
today announced that 235 of its care centers across the country have
been named to the 2012 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the
top-performing home health agencies in the United States compiled
annually by OCS Home Care and DecisionHealth. Now in its seventh year,
the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and further
highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked
by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality
improvement and financial performance.
This recognition comes during National Home Care and Hospice Month which
is observed in November each year, raising awareness of the importance
of home health care throughout the country.
“The 2012 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing
patient-centered care and serving as leaders in the home health
community. Their success offers data-driven proof of being well-managed
and high quality care providers to hospitals, managed care
organizations, ACOs, and other potential referral partners across the
health care continuum,” said Susan L. Henricks, president and COO of
National Research Corporation, the parent company of OCS HomeCare.
“Again, this year, we updated our methodology to reflect the rapidly
evolving quality-focused health care landscape and national value-based
purchasing trends. We congratulate Amedisys on being one of the top home
care agencies in the country.”
“Our mission is to provide exceptional at-home care to the communities
we serve, and our team of clinical specialists takes great pride in the
quality of care and service they provide,” said Kate Jones, RN, chief
clinical officer of Amedisys Home Health and Hospice. “Making the 2012
HomeCare Elite list is an honor that recognizes our exceptional care
teams and their commitment to meeting the greatest needs of our patients
in the comfort of their own homes.”
The 2012 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind
in the home health industry. The 2012 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 were
compiled from publicly available information. The entire list of the
2011 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS HomeCare
website at www.ocshomecare.com.
About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is a leading health care at home company
delivering personalized home health and hospice care to more than
360,000 patients each year. Amedisys is focused on delivering the care
that is best for our patients, whether that is home-based recovery and
rehabilitation after an operation or injury, care focused on empowering
them to manage a chronic disease, palliative care for those with a
terminal illness, or hospice care at the end of life. The Company's
state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and
leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon
the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized
innovator, being one of the first in the industry to equip its
clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians
with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient
care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry's first-ever nationwide
Care Transitions program, designed to reduce unnecessary hospital
readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care
coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout
completion of the patient's home health plan of care. For more
information about the Company, please visit: http://www.amedisys.com.
About National Research Corporation and OCS HomeCare
OCS HomeCare is a product of National Research Corporation. For more
than 30 years, National Corporation (NASDAQ: NRCI) has been at the
forefront of patient-centered care. Today the company’s focus on
empowering customer-centric healthcare across the continuum extends
patient-centered care to incorporate families, communities, employees,
senior housing residents, and other stakeholders.
Currently recognized by Modern Healthcare as the largest patient
satisfaction measurement firm in the U.S., National Research is
dedicated to representing the true voice of patients and other
healthcare stakeholders. This integration of cross-continuum metrics and
analytics uncovers insights for effective performance improvement,
quality measurement, care transitions, and many other factors that
impact population health management. For more information, call
800-388-4264, write to [email protected],
or visit www.nationalresearch.com.
About DecisionHealth®
For over 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the leading source for
home health news, coding tools and resources, and training materials
found in reputable products such as Home Health Line. Our unique blend
of award-winning staff journalists and unmatched access to health care
executives and industry experts enables DecisionHealth to provide
solutions, tools, and guidance that are 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.
Amedisys, Inc.
Kendra Kimmons, 225-299-3720
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Source: Amedisys, Inc.