CHI St. Vincent Health at Home announced today all three locations in Arkansas have been named 2015 HomeCare Elite, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States.
CHI St. Vincent Health at Home in Morrilton (formerly known as Petit Jean Home Care) was name a Top 500 winner this year. This is the fifth time they have achieved a spot in the Top 500 rankings. CHI St. Vincent Health at Home in Little Rock (formerly known as VNA of Arkansas) and Hot Springs also made the list as a Top Agency for 2015.
Now in its ninth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice (process measure) implementation, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS), quality improvement and consistency, and financial performance. In order to be considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for at least one outcome in Home Health Compare. Out of 9,718 agencies considered, 2,431 are elite.
The award is sponsored by OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation, the leading provider of home health and hospice metrics and analytics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the most respected independent publication in the home care profession, Home Health Line.
“The 2015 HomeCare Elite winners deserve credit for demonstrating high-quality care in their communities. As quality care initiatives become top-of-mind for healthcare providers, we recognize this as a remarkable achievement and are pleased to make this our 10th year of acknowledgement for top performing home health organizations,” said Christine Lang, vice president of product development for OCS HomeCare. “We congratulate CHI St. Vincent Health at Home on being one of the top home care agencies in the country.”
“I am very proud to recognize CHI St. Vincent Health at Home as HomeCare Elite winners for 2015. This is a distinguished award in our industry and I am proud of their achievement. Their dedication to our mission and values and commitment to excellence not only positively impacts your patients, but also contributes to the success of our organization and the entire home health community,” said Judy Schuler, chief clinical officer for CHI Health at Home.
“Happy 10th anniversary to the winners of the HomeCare Elite. As CMS ramps up its nationwide initiatives to reward home care agencies for the quality of care they provide, this is yet another way to acknowledge those agencies that have demonstrated their commitment to improving patient care at lower costs. The winners of the HomeCare Elite Award are proving that a heightened focus on clinical outcomes, patient experience, and financial management leads to success,” said Marci Heydt, senior content manager of DecisionHealth.
The entire list of 2015 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the OCS HomeCare website at http://www.ocshomecare.com/HomeCare-Elite.aspx.
