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Parkview Homecare named one of the Top in the Nation for 2nd consecutive year
Parkview Homecare in the top one percent of agencies in the nation
PUEBLO, Colo. (November 2, 2007)--- November is National Homecare month and Parkview Homecare has received an award that kicks off the month in perfect fashion. Parkview Medical Center’s Homecare department has been named a Homecare Elite agency, making them one of the top 100 Homecare agencies in the nation. This designation was give by Outcome Concepts Systems (OCS), and Parkview Homecare made the list for the second consecutive year.
Parkview Homecare was one of only 28 agencies nationwide who made the Top 100 list 2 years in a row. There are nearly 9,000 Medicare Certified Agencies nationwide. Of those, only 7,422 agencies had sufficient data to be included in the calculations. That puts Parkview Homecare in the top 1% of agencies in the nation. No other Colorado or Mountain State agency repeated on the Top 100 list 2 years in a row.
OCS offers unparalleled insight into the multitude of factors that drive provider success. OCS is the keeper of the nation’s most comprehensive set of integrated measures spanning clinical outcomes, financial performance, resource utilization, patient satisfaction and operational indicators for Home Health, Hospice and Private Duty agencies).
In order to create the list of HomeCare Elite agencies, OCS used publicly available data from Home Health Compare and the CMS Cost Reports. Three domains of performance were included in the calculation of the score – Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, and Financial Performance.
The Quality of Care measure indexes agencies’ performance in each of the 10 public release Home Health Compare measures, representative of care provided in the last half of 2006 and the first half of 2007. The Quality Improvement index is based on changes in the 10 outcomes between data released in September of 2006 and that released in September of 2007. The Financial Performance measure represents the agencies’ indexed profit margin from the 2006 CMS Cost Reports (or 2005 adjusted when 2006 data was not available).
Each agency’s performance in each of the three domains was compared against the performance of other organizations in their state and in the country. The three domains were combined into one overall score, using a weighting methodology that gives the greatest importance to Quality of Care. The top 25% of agencies in each region, both hospital-based and free-standing, were identified and added to the national list. Additionally, the top 100 and 500 agencies in the country, based on overall score, were identified and highlighted for further recognition."
Parkview Homecare provides skilled in-home healthcare for patients, aimed at moving patients to an independent level of self-care. Experienced, knowledgeable and dedicated home healthcare professionals provide care for all types of patients with medical issues including cardiac, orthopaedics, diabetes, wound care and oncology. For more information on Parkview Homecare call (719) 543-9428.
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