CMS Rating for Amedisys Home Health Improves for 11th Consecutive Quarter
September 06 2018 - 7:00AM
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of the nation’s leading home
healthcare, hospice and personal care companies, received an
average rating of 4.38 Stars out of a possible 5 for Quality of
Patient Care across its home health care centers from the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July Star Ratings
release.
In the July release, 93 percent of Amedisys home health care
centers earned 4 Stars or higher. This represents the 11th
consecutive quarter of improvement in CMS Star Ratings.
“At our core, Amedisys is a company of caregivers with a
commitment to excellent, quality care to each and every patient,”
stated CEO and President Paul Kusserow. “We are well on our way to
becoming the premier solution for those who want to age in
place.”
Amedisys home health care centers are now rated 35 percent
higher than the national average. According to the October 2018
Preview, the average rating for Amedisys will climb to 4.41 Stars
with 94 percent of care centers earning at least 4 Stars.
According to CMS, its Home Health Compare website is designed to
be a key tool for consumers to choose a home health provider – an
“easy-to-access, convenient source of authoritative information on
provider quality.” In 2015, CMS added to its reporting system
a one-to-five Star Rating to “summarize” 24 measures of provider
performance such as “timely initiation of care” and “improvement in
ambulation”.
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 18,300 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.
Contact:
Kendra KimmonsVice President of Marketing &
Communications225-299-3708kendra.kimmons@amedisys.com
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