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Putnam County Dept. of Health's Certified Home Health Agency Excels
Ranked Among Top 25% Of Home Health Providers In Country
The Putnam County Department of Health today announced that its Certified Home Health Agency has been named to the 2006 HomeCare Elite, the inaugural 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. Additionally, the 2006 HomeCare Elite indicates those providers ranked in the Top 100 and Top 500 of providers nationwide.
"We applaud the success of all the providers named to the 2006 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 the Putnam County Department of Health Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA) is dedicated to quality and performance."
Loretta Molinari, Associate Commissioner of Health /Director of Patient Services for the Putnam County Department of Health CHAA, credits a high quality team of nurses, physical, speech, and occupational therapists, social workers, home health aides and support staff with the agency's ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. In addition, the agency has focused on outcomes-based quality improvement initiatives as a high priority. Ms. Molinari added, "high quality staff, a tightly coordinated approach to care and a constant emphasis on quality improvement activities has led the agency to achieving this status".
The Putnam County Department of Health CHHA has been serving the needs of Putnam County's frail elderly and others who have needed the agency's services since 1969. Home care typically follows a hospital stay and provides clients with nursing care, physical, speech pathology and occupational therapy services, home health aides to assist with personal care and other needs, and social work services.
"As performance improvement, both clinical and financial, continues to be a critical metric for home care agencies, it's wonderful that we now have an award that recognizes our industry's highest achievers," said Tonya Nevin, Executive Publisher of DecisionHealth. "We congratulate Putnam County Department of Health's CHHA on being one of the top 25% best performing home care agencies in the country."
The 2006 HomeCare Elite is the first performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2006 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 2006 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS web site (www.ocsys.com).
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