Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service (Hospice & Palliative Care)
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HomeCare Elite 2008 Top Agency
Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service Ranked Among Top 25% of Home Health Providers
in Nation Three Years Straight
For the third consecutive year, Hospice and 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.
“The 2008 HomeCare Elite winners exemplify a commitment to providing their
patients with optimum care while performing at the highest level,” said Nancy
Buller, Senior Director of Marketing Communications at OCS, Inc. "We
congratulate Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates on being one of the top home
care agencies in the country.
" 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."
“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 2008 HomeCare Elite was first launched in 2006 as the first performance
recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2008 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. More information on the 2008
HomeCare Elite list can be viewed at
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.