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VNS Retains National HomeCare Elite Status

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—November 6, 2013

 

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            VNS of Connecticut

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VNS of Connecticut Named as a Top Agency of the 2013 HomeCare Elite

 

BRIDGEPORT — Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut has announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2013 HomeCare Elite™, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its eighth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified 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 9,969 agencies considered, 2,496 are elite.  VNS services the Greater Bridgeport area from its headquarters at 765 Fairfield Avenue in the city.

 

The award is sponsored by OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation, the leading provider of home health metrics and analytics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the most respected independent newsletter in the home health profession, Home Health Line.

 

“The 2013 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing patient-centered care and serving as leaders in the home health community. Their success is a tribute that managing healthcare data and utilizing it for improvement initiatives lead to high quality care, and we recognize them for their outstanding achievements,” said Mary Oakes, senior vice president of post-acute at National Research. “We congratulate VNS of Connecticut on being recognized as a top home care agency.”

 

VNS President and Chief Executive Officer William F. Sullivan, Jr.,  credits agency staff and their commitment to excellence in home health care elivery with the agency’s ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite.   

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“We are very proud of our selection as a national HomeCare Elite agency, for the fourth consecutive year,”  Sullivan said.  “This recognition is emblematic of the commitment on the part of all agency staff to remain maintain our agency’s position as an innovative home health provider that continues the caring tradition of our agency’s 104 year history.  We look forward in the years ahead to partnering with our fellow providers across Connecticut to reshape and improve the overall system of health care delivery for the residents of our state.”

 

 “HomeCare Elite recognition is a significant acknowledgement. The shift from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance payment models is reshaping the healthcare profession. And home health is proving to be an integral part of the continuum. In the face of value-based purchasing and care delivery model changes, the metrics that make up HomeCare Elite methodology shine an accountable light on an industry that may be the lynch pin to achieving affordable care at home,” said Marci Heydt, Product Manager for the post-acute care business group of DecisionHealth.

 

The entire list of 2013 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the National Research Corporation website at www.nationalresearch.com/homecareelite.

 

Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut

 

 

Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut is one of the state’s largest non-profit home health care organizations, serving residents of 56 cities and towns in Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties through patient care branches in Bridgeport, Trumbull, Oxford and Torrington,  with particular focus on geriatric care.  A national Home Care Elite agency, VNS provides a comprehensive range of services including skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work and home health aide assistance.  VNS Specialty Services include Hi-Tech Home IV Therapy, Wound Care, Psychiatric Nursing, Pain Management, Palliative Care and Nutritional Counseling.  The VNS Hospice at Home Programä provides comprehensive home care for terminally ill patients and their families.  VNS affiliate, Partners in Care, offers live-in and sleep-in home health aide services as well as the VoiceCare personal emergency response system. For more information, visit our website at www.vnsct.org

 

 

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About National Research Corporation

For more than 30 years, National Research Corporation (NASDAQ: NRCIA and NRCIB) 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.

 

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.

 

National Research is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. For more information, call 800-388-4264, write to info@nationalresearch.com, or visit www.nationalresearch.com.

 

About DecisionHealth®

For over 25 years, DecisionHealth has served as the home care industry’s leading source for analysis, guidance and tools that improve revenue cycle performance, profitability and regulatory compliance. Agencies nationwide turn to DecisionHealth for education and training, coding and billing solutions, and ongoing expert guidance through its family of subscription-based services. DecisionHealth also certifies home health agency professionals in coding and OASIS-C through its Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance, and provides custom consulting services to agency leaders through its DecisionHealth Professional Services unit. For product information, call 1-855-CALL-DH1 or visit www.decisionhealth.com

 

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