TBH’S HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY IS HONORED
 

       The Bellevue Hospital’s (TBH) Home Health Agency Ranked Among the Top 25 Percent of Home Health Providers in the Country
 
        TBH Home Health has been named to the 2008 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States. This annual review identifies the top 25 percent of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.
 
        The 2008 HomeCare Elite also indicates those providers who are included in the Top 100 and Top 500 of providers nationwide. The data used for this analysis was compiled from publicly available information.
 
        “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 TBH’s Home Health Care Aency on being one of the Top home care agencies in the country."
 
        Carrie Drown, interim director of TBH’s Home Health Care Agency, credits the employees with the company’s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. She noted, “It is because of the hard work of our dedicated employees that this award was made possible. Our staff has consistently delivered quality care to all of our patients, and we will continue to proudly serve our local communities."
        
        To create the HomeCare Elite list, public data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was used. The three domains of performance used in the evaluation were quality of care, quality improvement, and financial performance.
 
        The 2008 HomeCare Elite is the only 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 entire list of the 2008 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS web site at www.ocsys.com/HCE .

       For more information on The Bellevue Hospital’s Home Health Agency, contact Carrie Drown at 419.547.6419.