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Of those honored, six agencies have been ranked among the top 500 HomeCare Elite agencies. The top 500 CareSouth agencies are located in Elberton and Columbus, Georgia; Lexington and Greensboro, North Carolina; and Dothan, Alabama. Remaining CareSouth owned locations ranked were Winchester, Tennessee; Macon and Gainesville, Georgia; Valley, Alabama and Dallas, Texas. Of the CareSouth managed home health care facilities St. Joseph/Candler of Hinesville, Georgia ranked in the top 500. Remaining CareSouth managed facilities ranked 2010 HomeCare Elite are Crisp Regional Hospital/CareSouth in Cordele, Georgia; St. Joseph’s / Candler Home Healthcare in Brunswick, Georgia; and Lawrence Home Care of Winchester in Tuckahoe, New York. “The 2010 HomeCare Elite winners continue to demonstrate a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level,” said Amanda Twiss, CEO of OCS HomeCare. “We congratulate CareSouth Homecare Professionals on being one of the top home care agencies in the country. In addition, we salute all forward-thinking providers who are already working on measuring and improving their performance using OASIS-C outcomes and process measures and HH-CAHPS results. This important data will also be used in identifying the HomeCare Elite in the future.” According to T.J. Jubeir, managing partner of the private equity firm,"We are excited about this recognition as it continues to underscore the core values of CareSouth as it strives to provide, through its highly dedicated employees, the best service to its patients." He adds,"This recognition is a culmination of years of maintaining and building upon providing the best patient service CareSouth can." CEO and President of CareSouth Rick Griffin credits a company-wide ethos for quality customer service and comprehensive and consistent clinical training for the company’s ability to rank among the HomeCare Elite. Griffin said, “Our employees rank among the finest in the country because every person in our company, from file clerk to RN, is dedicated to the notion that each client is the most important person in the room. With more than 80 percent of all our patients being served by HomeCare Elite agencies, we are assured that they will be given the highest quality service available.” “On the fifth anniversary of HomeCare Elite, DecisionHealth would like to congratulate all of the winners who have achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes, especially during times of such drastic regulatory changes,” added Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Line. CareSouth is one of the country’s largest providers of home health care services. Headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, the company operates Medicare certified home health agencies with about 35 locations in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas. CareSouth is committed to building and maintaining more trust from those it serves, producing more results with superior clinical outcomes and saving more time through outstanding customer service to its patients, their families and its referral sources. CareSouth consistently ranks above the national average in key metrics year-after-year. For further information, contact Capitol Partners at 202.955.7960. |