Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service
Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service
Ranked Among Top 25% of Home Health Providers in Nation Two Years Straight
For two years straight,
Hospice & Palliative Care of Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) has been named to the HomeCare Elite listing, an annual compilation of the most successful home care
providers in the country. This ground-breaking review names the Medicare-certified
agencies whose performance measures in quality, improvement and financial performance
are among the top 25% of providers nationwide.
“We applaud the success of all the providers named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite,”
said Bill Bassett, Senior Director of Market Strategy at OCS, Inc. “Being noted
as one of the top performers in the nation in this very competitive environment
shows that Hospice of VNS is dedicated to quality and performance.”
Karen L. Talbott, President of Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates, credits
dedicated employees who make unparalleled care possible with the organization’s
ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. She said, "Our committed staff and
volunteers, as well as the patients and physicians who place their trust in us,
make Hospice of VNS a truly outstanding community asset."
"Making the 2007 HomeCare Elite is commendable in today’s highly competitive home
health care industry,” said Jonathan Stern, Group Publisher of DecisionHealth’s
Home Health Group.
"We congratulate Hospice of VNS on being one of the top 25% best performing home
care agencies in the country."
The 2007 HomeCare Elite was first launched in 2006 as the first performance recognition of its kind in the
home health industry. The 2007 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS,
Inc., the leading provider of healthcare informatics and DecisionHealth, publisher
of home care’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The data
used for this analysis was complied from publicly available information. The entire
list of the 2007 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS web site
(www.ocsys.com).
About OCS, Inc.
OCS is the market leader in healthcare information solutions. By collecting, evaluating
and interpreting healthcare information, we empower leaders with data-driven insights
that help optimize mission-critical decision making. OCS combines the richness of
the nation’s most comprehensive post-acute Data Warehouse with cutting-edge analysis
tools, consulting services and custom technology solutions. Our information-based
solutions facilitate providers, payors, industry analysts, consultants, Federal
and state governments, medical products and pharmaceutical companies with advancing
their missions using objective, independent information that is not available from
other sources. Learn more at
www.ocsys.com
or call 888.325.3396.
About DecisionHealth
DecisionHealth™ serves the business and regulatory needs of health care
providers and their administrative staffs nationwide, including home health
agencies. We offer more than 50 independent newsletters, magazines, books, websites
and loose-leaf services, and sponsor many professional seminars, conferences and
expos. Among our home health services are
Home Health Line, Home Care Outcomes,
the Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual, Private
Duty Insider,
Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health and Success in Home Care magazine. Please visit
our website at
www.homehealthinteractive.com
or call 1.877.602.3835.