2015 Home Care Elite

EMMANUEL HOME HEALTH, INC. NAMED TO TOP 500 OF THE 2015 HOME CARE ELITE

Emmanuel Home Health, Inc. was one among the Top 500 of the 2015 HomeCare Elite™, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its tenth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of 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 9,994 agencies considered, 2,501 are elite.

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

“The 2015 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality care in their home health communities and we recognize them for their remarkable achievements,” said Mary Oakes, Senior Vice President of Post-Acute at National Research. ““We congratulate Emmanuel Home Health, Inc. on being one of the top 500 home care agencies in the country.”

Emmanuel Home Health, Inc., Rose Cordero, Administrator, credits its dedicated proffessional staffs and provision of excellent healthcare with the agency’s ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. “The well-being of our patients are our primordial concern in providing them the highest quality of home health services in the security and comfort of their homes.,” said company president.

“HomeCare Elite recognition is a significant acknowledgement. In today’s healthcare ecosystem, it is imperative that our seniors have access to quality home healthcare in order to ensure better patient outcomes and improve overall cost, and therefore, home healthcare continues to remain an integral part of the care continuum. The winners of the HomeCare Elite Award are proving that a heightened focus on clinical outcomes, patient experience, and financial management leads to success,” said Marci Heydt, Product Manager for the post-acute care business group of DecisionHealth.

The entire list of 2015 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the National Research Corporation website at www.nationalresearch.com/homecareelite.

About Emmanuel Home Health, Inc.
Emmanuel Home Health, Inc., established on 2007, has been on the top 500 home health agency in the Home Care Elite since 2008 to 2105, or for already eight consecutive years. The award received by the agency speaks itself for the quality of services (skilled nursing, physical/occupational therapists, medical social worker, speech language pathologist, and home health aides) that it provides to its patients.
The agency’s mission is “providing the highest quality of health care in the security and comfort of the patient home.” It is a Medicare certified home health agency which services the counties of Boone, Cook, DeKalb, Dupage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Will, and Winnebago of the State of Ilinois.For more service information call (847)658-3980 or visit our website at www. emmanuelhomehealth.com.

About National Research Corporation
For more than 30 years, National Research Corporation (NASDAQ: NRCIA and NRCIB) has been at the forefront of patient-centered care. Today, the company’s focus on empowering customer-centric healthcare across the continuum extends patient-centered care to incorporate families, communities, employees, senior housing residents, and other stakeholders.

Recognized by Modern Healthcare as the largest patient satisfaction measurement firm in the U.S., National Research is dedicated to representing the true voice of patients and other healthcare stakeholders. This integration of cross-continuum metrics and analytics uncovers insights for effective performance improvement, quality measurement, care transitions, and many other factors that impact population health management.

National Research is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. For more information, call 800-388-4264, write to info@nationalresearch.com, or visit www.nationalresearch.com.

About DecisionHealth®
For over 25 years, DecisionHealth has served as the home care industry’s leading source for analysis, guidance and tools that improve revenue cycle performance, profitability and regulatory compliance. Agencies nationwide turn to DecisionHealth for education and training, coding and billing solutions, and ongoing expert guidance through its family of subscription-based services. DecisionHealth also certifies home health agency professionals in coding and OASIS-C through its Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance, and provides custom consulting services to agency leaders through its DecisionHealth Professional Services unit. For product information, call 1-855-CALL-DH1 or visit www.decisionhealth.com.