Ionia County Memorial Hospital

October 29, 2009

ICMH Home Care Named to 2009 HomeCare Elite
as a Top Home Health Care Provider

Ionia, MI — ICMH Home Care, a service of Ionia County Memorial Hospital today announced that it has been named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. This annual review identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and further highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement, and financial performance.

“The 2009 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level,” said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS HomeCare. "We congratulate ICMH Home Care on being one of the top home care agencies in the country."

Nikki Reed, ICMH Home Care Director, credits the team of physicians, nurses, therapists and medical social workers that work together to provide high-quality and personalized healthcare that patients should expect in their home. “I am very proud of the staff at ICMH Home Care and their ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. They are very dedicated to their profession and committed to exceptional care of our patients,” she stated.

“DecisionHealth would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients,” adds Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Line.

The 2009 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2009 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS HomeCare, the leading provider of homecare information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of homecare’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The data used for this analysis was compiled from publicly available information. The entire list of the 2009 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS Web site at www.ocshomecare.com.

About ICMH Home Care
ICMH Home Care, a service of Ionia County Memorial Hospital, established in 1994, is the only Ionia County based home health agency. ICMH Home Care is a Medicare certified state home care agency providing high quality home care services to hundreds of people across the county.

Home health care is a term used to describe a variety of health and social services that are provided in the homes of individuals who are disabled or ill. Home health care is often the best option for people who prefer to be at home but whose health care needs cannot be met by visits to health care facilities and assistance from family and friends.

ICMH Home Care is accredited by the nationally recognized accrediting body, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Accreditation is an important measure in selecting quality health care services. For more information call 1-616-523-1580 or visit www.ioniahospital.org.

About OCS HomeCare
OCS HomeCare empowers home health and hospice organizations with results-driven data intelligence, plus the largest and most accurate homecare database in the industry. Homecare providers, payers, associations, government agencies, vendors, and consultants all turn to OCS to elevate decision-making, raise the bar on results, and bring home positive outcomes. For more information about OCS HomeCare, please visit www.ocshomecare.com or call 888.325.3396.

About DecisionHealth®
For more than 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry's leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with cutting edge information sources such as Part B News, Home Health Line, Medicare Compliance Alert, Inside the Joint Commission and Specialty Coders Pink Sheets. Our unique blend of award-winning, on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers, healthcare organization managers and their revenue-cycle staffs enables us to provide solutions, tools and guidance that’s relied on by nearly 100,000 home health care and specialty physician practice professionals. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877.602.3835.

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Listed in the picture above are a few of the ICMH Home Care staff (from left to right):

Kristine Kramoe, Chris Thwaites, Nikki Reed, Karen Doty, Linda VanderMolen, Grace Wolbrink, Tammi Ross,

Cindy Cowles, Tracy Leonard, and Paula Geldhof

Last updated: 23 February, 2010 02:01 PM