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Interim HealthCare Franchises Honored As Home Care EliteSunrise, Florida, October 23, 2008 - Interim HealthCare the nation's leading home care and health care staffing franchise organization was recognized prior to the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) Annual Meeting, by Outcome Concepts Systems (OCS). OCS held its Summit which served as a platform to announce the 2008 best performing certified home healthcare agencies, the Home Care Elite. OCS is the leading post-acute care health information company and Interim HealthCare's preferred external data warehouse and analysis vendor for home care and hospice. Interim HealthCare franchisees Ray and Charyl Schroeder from Greenville, South Carolina (for the third time) received the OCS Vision Award, and for the second time have been acknowledged as the top annual winner. The award signifies the best in class among home healthcare providers through the demonstration of improved patient care and financial outcomes using clinical data and business metrics. After receiving the award Ray Schroeder stated, "The success that we have as franchise owners would not be possible without our hard working staff, or as we like to refer to them, our "Dream Team". This award will be shared with all of them for making this possible." Six other Interim HealthCare Medicare Certified franchise offices also achieved top 500 home care elite status for 2008. The Interim HealthCare offices include, Amarillo, TX; New Boston, OH; Erie, PA; Johnstown, PA; Greenville, SC; Omaha, NE. Additionally, 22 Interim HealthCare Medicare-Certified offices were in the top 25% of home health agencies in their Medicare Region. "I am so proud to be a part of an organization that prides itself on quality care and improved patient outcomes," noted Kathleen Gilmartin, CEO of Interim HealthCare Inc. The Home Care Elite represent the top 500 home care providers among the 9,700+ Medicare certified agencies in the US. These agencies have achieved patient outcomes and financial performance that exceed established benchmarks. In making these awards, OCS uses publicly available data (i.e. Medicare cost reports and HomeHealth Compare measures) to select agencies based on: 1) quality of care vs. state norms; 2) quality improvement among public measures year over year; and 3) differences in overall profit margin compared to other freestanding agencies in their respective states. Interim HealthCare, Inc. is the nation's leading provider of comprehensive home health and health care staffing services. Through a franchise network of more than 300 offices, the Company serves patients and clients across the United States. Interim is a single source for skilled nursing; physical, occupational and speech therapy services; hospice services; non-medical home care assistance; occupational health; physician locum tenens and other related services. Interim employs more than 75,000 health care workers and provides services to approximately 50,000 people each day. For more information, visit www.interimhealthcare.com. |
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