HomeCare Elite Honors 166 Amedisys Home Health Care Centers
January 16 2019 - 7:30AM
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), America’s leading independent home
health, hospice and personal care company, today announced that 166
of its home health care centers were named to the 2018 HomeCare
EliteTM, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies
in the United States.
The 2018 recognition honored 51 percent of Amedisys’ home health
agencies, marking the Company’s best showing in its history for
these awards.
“This result affirms that our strategy of achieving true
clinical distinction in the industry is working and advancing our
vision of becoming the nation’s premiere solution for aging in
place,” stated Teonie Aurelio, President of Amedisys’ Home Health
Division. “I congratulate our exceptional clinicians and our
regional leadership teams for their commitment to outstanding,
clinically distinct care on every visit to every patient.”
The percentage of Amedisys care centers recognized in HomeCare
Elite’s top agencies has dramatically improved each year since the
Company’s new leadership was installed, improving from 32 percent
in 2015.
“Amedisys is committed to continuing our upward trajectory by
equipping our clinicians with the best possible tools available,”
said Donna Massie, Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations.
“Our strategy of taking care of our employees with excellent
benefits and professional development so they, in turn, can take
the best care of our patients has yielded incredible results. This
will continue as we embrace new technology, data resources and
innovative clinical programs targeting specific conditions.”
ABILITY® Network, a leading information technology company,
develops the ranking and DecisionHealth, publisher of Home Health
Line and the Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding
Manual, serves as the sponsor.
“I would like to congratulate the team at Amedisys and thank
them for their commitment to providing consistently high-quality
care,” said Christine Lang, senior director for ABILITY Network.
“During a time of increasing demands on home health professionals’
time and attention, these caregivers and leaders have demonstrated
that they have prioritized their patients and created a solid
foundation for serving their communities and partnering with other
healthcare providers.”
For 13 years, HomeCare Elite has annually identified the top 25
percent of agencies and highlighted the top 100 and top 500
agencies overall. HomeCare Elite agencies are determined by an
analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, best
practices implementation, patient experience (HHCAHPS), quality
improvement and consistency, and financial health. In order to be
considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for
at least three outcomes in Home Health Compare. Out of 8,898
agencies considered, 2,223 are recognized on the 2018 HomeCare
Elite winners list overall.
The entire list of 2018 HomeCare Elite agencies can be
downloaded by visiting the ABILITY Network website at
abilitynetwork.com/hce.
About Amedisys: Amedisys, Inc. is a leading
healthcare at home Company delivering personalized home health,
hospice and personal care. Amedisys is focused on delivering the
care that is best for our patients, whether that is home-based
personal care; recovery and rehabilitation after an operation or
injury; care focused on empowering them to manage a chronic
disease; or hospice care at the end of life. More than 3,000
hospitals and 59,000 physicians nationwide have chosen Amedisys as
a partner in post-acute care. Founded in 1982, headquartered in
Baton Rouge, LA with an executive office in Nashville, TN, Amedisys
is a publicly held company. With more than 19,000 employees in 420
care centers in 34 states and the District of Columbia, Amedisys is
dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care to the
doorsteps of more than 369,000 patients and clients in need every
year. For more information about the Company, please
visit: www.amedisys.com.
About ABILITY® Network
ABILITY Network, an Inovalon Company (NASDAQ:INOV), is a leading
cloud-based, SaaS information technology company helping providers
and payers simplify the administrative and clinical complexities of
healthcare through innovative applications and data analytics. The
combination of myABILITY and the Inovalon ONE™ Platform creates a
vertically integrated cloud-based platform empowering the
achievement of real-time value-based care from payers,
manufacturers and diagnostics, all the way to the patient’s point
of care. For more information, visit www.abilitynetwork.com or
write to resources@abilitynetwork.com. For more information about
HomeCare Elite, call 888.572.4009, write to
homecareelite@abilitynetwork.com or visit
www.abilitynetwork.com/hce.
Contact:
Kendra KimmonsVice President of Marketing &
Communications225-299-3708kendra.kimmons@amedisys.com
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