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											<td class="thebig" style="">Provena Home Care Named To HomeCare Elite For Fourth Year In A Row</td>
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											<td class="metadetail" style="">11/06/2009</td>
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											<td class="metadetail" style=""><p>For the fourth consecutive year, <a href="http://www.provena.org/homecare/">Provena Home Care</a> has been recognized as among the HomeCare Elite,&trade; a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. This annual review identifies the top 25 percent of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The 2009 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level,&rdquo; said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS HomeCare. &ldquo;We congratulate Provena Home Care on being one of the top home care agencies in the country.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Margaret Gleason, President and CEO of Provena Home Care, credits talented, caring and dedicated employees and a team effort toward service excellence with the company&rsquo;s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. She said, &ldquo;I am so proud of the staff and their accomplishments on our journey to excellence.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;DecisionHealth would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients,&rdquo; adds Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth&rsquo;s <em>Home Health Line.</em></p>
<p>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 home care information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care&rsquo;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 <a href="http://www.ocshomecare.com">www.ocshomecare.com</a>.</p>
<p>Learn more about the <a href="http://www.provena.org/homecare/body.cfm?id=398&amp;oTopID=398">Provena Home Care Difference</a>, or visit the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/ProvenaHealth">Provena Health YouTube channel </a>to see our mission in action!</p>
<p><em><strong>About OCS HomeCare</strong> <br />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.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>About DecisionHealth&reg;</strong> <br />For more than 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry&rsquo;s leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with cutting edge information sources such as</em> Part B News<em>,</em> Home Health Line<em>,</em> Medicare Compliance Alert<em>,</em> Inside the Joint Commission<em> and</em> Specialty Coders Pink Sheets<em>. 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&rsquo;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.</em></p></td>
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