Caring Hearts of Northern Colorado Named Top 500 Home Heath Care Provider of 2009 HomeCare Elite

Dec. 10, 2009 - PRLog -- Greeley, CO, November 18, 2009 — Caring Hearts Home Health Care of Northern Colorado has been named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite™, their third consecutive year. The HomeCare Elite is a compilation of the top 25 percent performing home health agencies in the United States. Agencies are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.

“The 2009 HomeCare Elite winners exemplify a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level,” said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS HomeCare. "We congratulate Caring Hearts on being one of the top home care agencies in the country."

Caring Hearts of Northern Colorado is the only home health care provider in Colorado to receive this award for three consecutive years. Denise Swingle, RN and Owner of Caring Hearts credits a skilled and patient-focused staff with the company’s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite.  Denise said, “Caring Hearts is nurse owned and managed enabling us to deliver responsive, medical-based services centered around each patient’s individual needs.  The patient’s health and happiness come first, a basic philosophy this results in improved outcomes.”

The 2009 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2009 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of homecare information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line.

“DecisionHealth would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients,” adds Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Line.


Learn more about Caring Hearts of Northern Colorado.  The entire list of the 2009 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS Web site at www.ocshomecare.com.

About Caring Hearts
Caring Hearts Home Health Care of Northern Colorado provides medical and non-medical care to clients in the comfort of their home. Operated by nurses since its inception in 2001, Caring Hearts is driven to provide outstanding, compassionate home health care to residents of Greeley, Loveland, Fort Collins, and surrounding areas. Caring Hearts Home Health Care is Medicare and Medicaid certified and accepts most private insurance. With services that include nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, respite care, personal care, and even homemaking services, Caring Hearts is the only home health care agency in Colorado to receive the prestigious HomeCare Elite™ designation for three consecutive years: 2007, 2008, 2009. Visit www.caringheartshh.com for more information.

About OCS HomeCare
OCS HomeCare empowers home health and hospice organizations with results-driven data intelligence, plus the largest and most accurate homecare database in the industry. Homecare providers, payers, associations, government agencies, vendors, and consultants all turn to OCS to elevate decision-making, raise the bar on results, and bring home positive outcomes. For more information about OCS HomeCare, please visit www.ocshomecare.com or call 888.325.3396.

About DecisionHealth®
For more than 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry's leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with cutting edge information sources such as Part B News, Home Health Line, Medicare Compliance Alert, Inside the Joint Commission and Specialty Coders Pink Sheets. Our unique blend of award-winning on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers, healthcare organization managers and their revenue-cycle staffs enables us to provide solutions, tools and guidance that’s relied on by nearly 100,000 home health care and specialty physician practice professionals. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877.602.3835.

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Caring Hearts Home Health Care of Northern Colorado provides medical and non-medical care to clients in the comfort of their home. Operated by nurses since its inception in 2001, Caring Hearts is driven to provide outstanding, compassionate home health care to residents of Greeley, Loveland, Fort Collins, and surrounding areas. Caring Hearts Home Health Care is Medicare and Medicaid certified and accepts most private insurance. With services that include nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, respite care, personal care, and even homemaking services, Caring Hearts is the only home health care agency in Colorado to receive the prestigious HomeCare Elite™ designation for three consecutive years: 2007, 2008, 2009. Visit www.caringheartshh.com for more information.