VNA Community Healthcare Named as a Top Agency of the 2015 HomeCare Elite

VNA Community Healthcare today announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2015 HomeCare Elite™, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its ninth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice (process measure) implementation, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS®), quality improvement and consistency, and financial performance. In order to be considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for at least one outcome in Home Health Compare. Out of 9,718 agencies considered, 2,431 are elite.

The award is sponsored by OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation, the leading provider of home health and hospice metrics and analytics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the most respected independent publication in the home care profession, Home Health Line.

“The 2015 HomeCare Elite winners deserve credit for demonstrating high-quality care in their communities. As quality care initiatives become top-of-mind for healthcare providers, we recognize this as a remarkable achievement and are pleased to make this our 10th year of acknowledgement for top performing home health organizations,” said Christine Lang, VP of Product Development for OCS HomeCare. “We congratulate VNA Community Healthcare on being one of the top home care agencies in the country.”

Janine Fay, President and CEO of VNA Community Healthcare, credits the agency’s dedicated and professional staff with the ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. “Our team of clinicians and office staff are diligent and focused on patient care, I’m so proud of each of them,” said Fay.

The entire list of 2015 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the National Research Corporation website at http://www.ocshomecare.com/HomeCare-Elite.aspx.

About VNA Community Healthcare

VNA Community Healthcare, with offices in Guilford and Hamden, is a nonprofit, home healthcare agency that provides nursing; physical, occupational and speech therapies; mental health; and maternal child health. They also offer free or low cost wellness, health and family caregiver support programs in 35 towns throughout greater New Haven and Middlesex counties. Last year, VNA Community Healthcare’s visiting staff helped 6,200 patients. For more information call their toll free Helpline at 1.866.474.5230 or visit ConnecticutHomecare.org.