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| 1. Kare-In-Home granted approval to open new branch office in Picayune, MS |
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5/15/2008
Kare-In-Home was recently granted approval to open a new branch office in Picayune, MS. The office is located at 4201 US Hwy 11 N, Ste. B Picayune, MS 39466. Services will be provided to residents of Hancock and Pearl River Counties.
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| 2. Kare-In-Home Health Services has been recognized by Information & Quality Healthcare (IQH) with an Outstanding Quality Award |
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4/9/2008
Kare-In-Home Health Services has been recognized with an Outstanding Quality Award at a recent Information & Quality Healthcare (IQH) awards program in Jackson. Displaying the plaque is Donna Buckley. Kare-In-Home Health Services has been an active participant in the quality program conducted by IQH, the Mississippi Medicare quality improvement organization, taking part in projects designed to continuously improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries. IQH president Dr. James S. McIlwain pointed out in presenting the award that the Kare-In staff was honored for the commitment to quality reflected by documented improvement in ambulation/locomotion and decreasing their acute care hospitalization rate. Kare-In-Home Health has achieved and acute care hospitalization rate of 20%, one of the lowest in the state. Staff from home health agencies, hospitals, nursing homes, and physician offices from throughout the state gathered for the awards event. IQH as the federally designated quality improvement organization for Medicare in the state works under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve the quality of care for Medicare recipients.
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| 3. Kare-In-Home employees awarded Statewide Home Care Recognition |
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11/13/2007
The Mississippi Association of Home Care (MAHC) is proud to announce the recipient of one of its four most prestigious awards that were given at its annual awards luncheon and membership meeting on November 13, 2007 at Eagle Ridge Conference Center in Raymond, Mississippi.
Jill Olsen, RN, BSN of Gautier, Mississippi is the winner of the 2007 Rogers/Westbrook Award. Ms. Olsen is a Patient Care Coordinator at Kare-In Home Health in Pascagoula. She has 19 years of home health experience, has served in many home health roles; as a field nurse, clinical coordinator, branch office manager, case manager, patient care coordinator and Clinical director. She has served the MAHC on the Board of Directors as a Director and Board Secretary. She is a past officer of the Mississippi Hospital Association – Home Health and Hospice Society and she has served the District 6 Mississippi Nurses Association as 2nd Vice President, Secretary, Board Member and on the MNA Nominating Committee.
Everyone on the Gulf Coast has a Hurricane Katrina story. Ms. Olsen has her own story which in many ways is no different from many coast residents. She and her family rode out the storm in a home health branch office. Her home was destroyed and she lost everything in the storm, but she put all of her energy and heart into safe-guarding her patients and staff. Armed only with her personal cell phone and very little gasoline, Ms. Olsen went about finding patients and staff and ensuring that everyone was taken care of. Because of her efforts, her home health agency was able to overcome the losses of the storm and begin recovery.
This award was named after two Mississippi home health pioneers, J. Dudley Westbrook and Frederick D. Rogers, Jr., who gave of their time, talents and energy to foster the growth of home health in Mississippi. For over seventeen years, this award has been given annually to individuals who have contributed significantly to the home care industry in Mississippi and who have effectively promoted home health care throughout our state.
Eather Lean Shelby of Pascagoula was awarded the Home Health Aide of the Year. She is an employee with Kare-In-Home Health Services of Pascagoula. She has worked in home health care for over 17 years and is dedicated not only to her patients but to the home care industry as a whole.
The Home Health Aide of the Year award recognizes the value of the home health aide to the home care industry and to the patients that they serve. Home health aides are the backbone of the home health care delivery system and are vital to patient care.
The Mississippi Association for Home Care is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to operating for the benefit of member home health agencies, home health related agencies and the benefit of the public in fostering and maintaining high standards of home health care.
For more information, contact Mary Lea Nations, Executive Director of MAHC at 601-853-7533 or at mnations@mahc.org.
Kare-In-Home Health Services provides home health services to the residents of Harrison, Hancock, Jackson, Stone, George, Greene and Pearl River Counties and is nationally recognized as a HomeCare Elite Agency. With offices located in Gulfport, Pascagoula, Lucedale and Picayune and a staff of registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, medical social workers, and certified nurse aides, Kare-In-Home Health Services can meet all your home care needs. For more information, contact Donna Buckley, Clinical Director at (228) 604-2155.
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| 4. New office at 10281 Corporate Drive Gulfport, MS |
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10/26/2007
Gulfport, MS - Kare-In-Home has opened the new office building located at 10281 Corporate Drive in the Intraplex in Gulfport. Located just off Cowan-Lorraine Road, this is conveniently located to I-10 and the surrounding areas of Harrison County. The buiding will house the corporate offices of Kare-In-Home and the local clinical branch office providing services to Harrison and Hancock Counties.
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| 5. Kare-In-Home ranked in Home Care Elite 2007 |
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10/5/2007
SEATTLE, WA and ROCKVILLE, MD (October 5, 2007) – This annual review identifies the top 25% of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance. The 2007 Homecare Elite also indicates those providers who are included in the top 100 and top 500 of providers nationwide. The data used for this analysis was compiled from publicly available information.
“The HomeCare Elite has become the industry standard for identifying agencies that perform
at the highest level,” says Bill Bassett, Senior Director of Market Strategy at OCS. “Being noted
as one of the top performers in the nation in this very competitive environment shows that an
agency is dedicated to both high quality and strong financial performance.”
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| 6. Kare-In-Home Health Named to 2006 HomeCare Elite Listing |
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10/17/2006
Biloxi, MS -- Kare-In-Home Health Services was identified as one of the most successful home care providers in the United States by being named to the inaugural compilation of the HomeCare Elite by Outcome Concept Systems, Inc. This ground breaking review names the top 25 percent of those home care agencies whose performance measures in quality, improvement, and financial performance are the best. Kare-In-Home Health Services achieved further distinction, being named as one of the top 500 agencies nationwide, which places it in the top 10 percent of home care agencies nationally.
To create the list of HomeCare Elite agencies, OCS used publicly available data from Home Health Compare and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 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 ten public release Home Health Compare measures, representative of care provided in the last half of 2005 and the first half of 2006. The Quality Improvement index is based on changes in the ten outcomes between data released in September of 2005 and that released in September of 2006. The Financial Performance measure represents the agencies’ indexed profit margin from the 2005 CMS Cost Reports.
Each agency’s performance in each of the three domains was compared against performance of other organizations in their states and in the country. The three domains were combined in one overall score. The top 25 percent in each region were identified and added to the national list. Additionally, the top 100 and top 500 agencies in the country, based on overall score, were identified and highlighted for further recognition.
"Caring for the medical needs of our patients in their homes truly is a privilege for us," said Clay Blalack, Executive Director of Kare-In-Home Health Services. "This recognition as one of the top 500 agencies in the nation, indicates that our staff is giving the attention necessary to our patients." Kare-In-Home Home Services thanks its staff and employees that provide the hands-on care to the patients. Our care-giving team offers services ranging from basic assistance with activities of daily living to advanced medical treatment.
Kare-In-Home Health Services has been providing home health services to the residents of South Mississippi since 1975 . With offices located in Biloxi, Pascagoula and Lucedale, and a staff of registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, medical social workers, and certified nurse aides, Kare-In-Home Health Services can meet all your home care needs. For more information, contact us at (228) 388-0070, fax at (228) 388-5778.
Outcome Concept Systems is an information and data company located in Seattle, WA, that specializes in benchmarking and performance improvement services for home health agencies. OCS maintains the industry’s largest and most comprehensive proprietary benchmark data warehouse, which is the only source of integrated patient-level data across all home health business components: clinical outcomes, financial/profitability, and visit utilization. For more information please contact William Bassett, OCS, Inc. at (206) 325-3396, info@ocsys.com.
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