NVNA and Hospice named to HomeCare Elite for Eighth Consecutive Year

The only Massachusetts Agency named every year, one of top 500 in the Country
By: NVNA and Hospice
 
HINGHAM, Mass. - Nov. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- NVNA and Hospice, the only independent nonprofit home healthcare agency serving Boston’s South Shore, today announced that it has been named to the 2013 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States.

For the eighth year in a row, Norwell VNA (NVNA) and Hospice has been named to the HomeCare EliteTM by OCS HomeCare. In addition, once again NVNA and Hospice qualified for the Top 500 list, an honor for the top 500 agencies in the nation.  The Elite are selected on the basis of quality of care, quality improvement, patient experience, process measure implementation and financial performance as measure by Home Health Compare and the CMS Cost Reports

“Congratulations to all our clinicians, quality and performance staff, agency support, administration and leadership for continuous commitment to quality patient care,” said Meg Doherty, RN, CEO of NVNA and Hospice.  “Our mission is to provide outstanding care to our patients and provide education and support to the communities that we serve. To be honored every year that this award has been given is a total validation of our commitment to excellent care for all of our patients.”

NVNA and Hospice is the only agency in Massachusetts to have been selected every year of the eight years the Home Care EliteTM has been awarded. This year, 9,969 agencies were measured and a total of 2,496 were identified as elite. OCS HomeCare is a product of National Research Corporation and uses publicly available data to measure five domains of performance. Agency performance in each of the domains is compared against the performance of other organizations in that respective state and then nationwide.

The 2013 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2013 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS HomeCare, the leading provider of homecare information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the industry’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line and the Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual. The data used for this analysis were compiled from publicly available information. The entire list of the 2013 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS HomeCare website at www.ocshomecare.com.

About NVNA and Hospice

Founded in 1920, NVNA and Hospice is the only independent, non-profit home health care and hospice agency serving the South Shore.  The agency’s mission of Neighbors Helping Neighbors continues as it serves nearly 600 patients a day, and offers an average of 45 free community health screenings, educational programs and support groups each month in more than 27 communities on the South Shore. NVNA and Hospice is the only Massachusetts agency to be named a Home Care Elite Top Agency in the United States for eight consecutive years; most recently qualifying in the Top 500. In addition to its home care and hospice services, NVNA and Hospice owns and operates the Hospice Residence of Hingham; NVNA Works, a non-profit private duty homecare division; and Cancer Support Community – MA South Shore, a non-profit providing support, education, and programs for those impacted by cancer. For more information, call NVNA and Hospice at 781-659-2342 or visit www.nvna.org.

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