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Beebe Home Health Ranked Among Top 25 % of Home Health Providers in The Nation

01/31/07

Beebe Home Health Agency has been named to the 2006 HomeCare Elite, the inaugural compilation of the most successful home care providers in the nation. This review names the Medicare-certified agencies whose performance measures in quality, improvement and financial performance are among the top 25% of providers nationwide.

"We applaud the success of all the providers named to the 2006 HomeCare Elite", said Bill Bassett, Senior Director of Market Strategy at OCS, Inc. "Being noted as one of the top performers in the nation in this very competitive environment shows that Beebe Home Health is dedicated to quality and performance."


Beebe Home Health Agency, operated by Beebe Medical Center, is the largest home health agency in Sussex County. It is certified by Medicare and Medicaid and accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Its staff of nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapist, speech therapist, and certified Nursing Assistants have been bringing quality health care into consumers' homes since 1985. With the business office located in Georgetown, the staff can easily travel throughout the county to meet the needs of our community.

"We are proud to have earned this designation," says Kathy Podbesek, Director of Home Health and Adult Care Services for Beebe Medical Center. "We were ranked according to Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, and Financial Performance, and the results reflect the hard work and dedication of our staff."

The 2006 HomeCare Elite is the first performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2006 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare information and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care's most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The data used for this analysis was complied from publicly available information. The entire list of the 2006 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS web site (www.ocsys.com).

OCS Inc. is a healthcare information company with the nation's largest and most comprehensive set of measures spanning clinical outcomes, financial performance, resource utilization, patient satisfaction and operational indicators for Home Care, Hospice, and Private Duty programs.

DecisionHealth(tm) serves the business and regulatory needs of health care practitioners, providers and their administrative staff nationwide. It's flagship newsletters - Home Health Line, Part B News, Medicare Compliance Alert and Inside the Joint Commission -- are among the most recognized titles among business-to-business publishers.

Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at www.beebemed.org.