Hope Home Care Business of The Year Runner Up

Miamisburg, OH, October 31, 2018: Hope Home Care was named as the Business of The Year Runner Up

Miamisburg, OH, October 31, 2018:  Hope Home Care was named as the Business of The Year Runner Up at the South Metro Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Awards Breakfast this morning at the NCR Country Club.  The nominations are submitted by customers or Chamber members and winners are chosen based on excellence and entrepreneurship.

Hope Home Care Named to Top 500 of the 2018 ABILITY HomeCare Elite

Miamisburg, OH, October 15th, 2018 – Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named to the Top 500 of the 2018 HomeCare Elite

Miamisburg, OH, October 15th, 2018 – Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named to the Top 500 of the 2018 HomeCare Elite, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. For 13 years, HomeCare Elite has annually identified the top 25 percent of agencies and highlighted the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall.

The ranking is developed by ABILITY® Network, a leading information technology company helping providers and payers simplify the administrative and clinical complexities of healthcare. It is sponsored by DecisionHealth, publisher of Home Health Line and the Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual.

“I would like to congratulate the team at Hope Home Care and thank them for their commitment to providing consistently high-quality care,” said Christine Lang, senior director for ABILITY Network. “During a time of increasing demands on home health professionals’ time and attention, these caregivers and leaders have demonstrated that they have prioritized their patients and created a solid foundation for serving their communities and partnering with other healthcare providers.”

Ryan Mullikin, CEO of Hope Home Care credits the creation of a company culture dedicated to excellence in providing quality patient care with the agency’s capability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. “We are so blessed to have the opportunity to care for the patients that God allows us to cross paths with,” said Hope Mullikin, RN, Chief Operating Officer of Hope Home Care.

“Congratulations to Hope Home Care from all of the staff at DecisionHealth,” said Marci Geipe, product manager at DecisionHealth. “Your leadership and staff have placed a premium on the patient care your agency provides, as showcased by your quality outcome scores. The entire community benefits from the compassion that your staff shows toward your patients, leading to cost savings for the entire healthcare system.

HomeCare Elite agencies are determined by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, best practices implementation, patient experience (HHCAHPS), quality improvement and consistency, and financial health. In order to be considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for at least three outcomes in Home Health Compare. Out of 8,898 agencies considered, 2,223 are recognized on the 2018 HomeCare Elite winners list overall. The entire list of 2018 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the ABILITY Network website at abilitynetwork.com/hce.

About Hope Home Care

Hope Home Care is a Christian faith-based Medicare certified agency with a commitment to provide high quality, compassionate and specialized home healthcare. Since its founding in 2012, this locally owned and operated company has been providing skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, home health aide and medical social worker services to patients in Southwest Ohio.

About ABILITY® Network

ABILITY Network, an Inovalon Company (NASDAQ:INOV), is a leading cloud-based, SaaS information technology company helping providers and payers simplify the administrative and clinical complexities of healthcare through innovative applications and data analytics. The combination of myABILITY and the Inovalon ONE™ Platform creates a vertically integrated cloud-based platform empowering the achievement of real-time value-based care from payers, manufacturers and diagnostics, all the way to the patient’s point of care. For more information, visit www.abilitynetwork.com or write to resources@abilitynetwork.com. For more information about HomeCare Elite, call 888.572.4009, write to homecareelite@abilitynetwork.com or visit www.abilitynetwork.com/hce.

About H3.Group

In March 2017, Simplify Compliance LLC announced the merger of DecisionHealth, LLC with existing brands HCPro and HealthLeaders Media, to form the H3.Group! H3.Group, with its three pillars of thought leadership, expertise, and application, provides critical insight, analysis, tools and training to healthcare organizations nationwide empowering today’s healthcare professionals with solution-focused information and intelligence to guide their organizations’ efforts in achieving compliance, financial performance, leadership, and organizational excellence. The creation of the H3.Group comes as healthcare faces an unprecedented period of transition that brings uncertainty and opportunity. As policies and regulations are revisited and payment models changed, the need for clarity, actionable guidance and expert training for all provider settings and functional areas will increase dramatically.

About DecisionHealth

For over 30 years, DecisionHealth, an H3.Group brand, has served as the industry’s leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with brand names such as Home Health Line and Part B News. Our unique blend of award-winning on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers and their administrative staffs results in business management advice and operationally focused editorial that has captured the attention of nearly 100,000 home health care professionals and specialty physician practices.

Hope Home Care Named to the Top 500 of the 2017 ABILITY | HomeCare Elite

Miamisburg, OH, November, 3 2017 — Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named to the Top 500 of the 2017 HomeCare Elite®

Miamisburg, OH, November, 3 2017 — Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named to the Top 500 of the 2017 HomeCare Elite®, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. For 12 years, HomeCare Elite has annually identified the top 25 percent of agencies and highlighted the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall.

The ranking is developed by ABILITY® Network, a leading information technology company helping providers and payers simplify the administrative and clinical complexities of healthcare; and sponsored by DecisionHealth, publisher of Home Health Line and the Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual.

“The team at Hope Home Care has demonstrated an impressive ability to deliver great patient care,” said Christine Lang, senior director for ABILITY Network. “This is due to the skill and dedication of their clinical professionals, as well as the proficiency and efforts of their quality team tracking, measuring and interpreting the data that supports the delivery of care. Together, they have earned this recognition as one of the top 500 home care agencies in the country.”

Hope Mullikin, RN, Chief Operating Officer for Hope Home Care, credits our amazing clinical and office staff and their desire to help those in need to improve their health with the agency’s ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. “Our first Top 500 recognition shows that our company focus to continually improve patient care and outcomes is making a positive impact on the lives of our patients,” said Ryan Mullikin, CEO for Hope Home Care.

“Congratulations to those leading agencies that earned a spot on the list of the top 500 HomeCare Elite,” said Marci Heydt, senior content manager for DecisionHealth. “Hope Home Care and its peers have worked hard to improve quality outcomes while maintaining solid profit margins, which is increasingly difficult as home health agencies faced increased regulatory burdens each year.”

HomeCare Elite agencies are determined by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, best practices implementation, patient experience (HHCAHPS), quality improvement and consistency, and financial health. In order to be considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for at least three outcomes in Home Health Compare. Out of 9,064 agencies considered, 2,268 are recognized on the 2017 HomeCare Elite winners list overall.

The entire list of 2017 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the ABILITY Network website at abilitynetwork.com/homecare-elite/.

About Hope Home Care

Hope Home Care is a Christian faith-based Medicare certified agency with a commitment to provide high quality, compassionate and specialized home healthcare. Since its founding in 2012, this locally owned and operated company has been providing skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, home health aide and medical social worker services to patients in Southwest Ohio.

About ABILITY Network

ABILITY® Network is a leading healthcare information technology company helping providers and payers simplify the administrative and clinical complexities of healthcare through innovative applications and data analytics. ABILITY is headquartered in Minneapolis with principal offices in Boston and Tampa. For more information visit www.abilitynetwork.com or write to resources@abilitynetwork.com.

For more information about HomeCare Elite, call 888.572.4009, write to or visit www.abilitynetwork.com/hce.

About H3.Group

In March 2017, Simplify Compliance LLC announced the merger of DecisionHealth, LLC with existing brands HCPro and HealthLeaders Media, to form the H3.Group! H3.Group, with its three pillars of thought leadership, expertise, and application, provides critical insight, analysis, tools and training to healthcare organizations nationwide empowering today’s healthcare professionals with solution-focused information and intelligence to guide their organizations’ efforts in achieving compliance, financial performance, leadership, and organizational excellence. The creation of the H3.Group comes as healthcare faces an unprecedented period of transition that brings uncertainty and opportunity. As policies and regulations are revisited and payment models changed, the need for clarity, actionable guidance and expert training for all provider settings and functional areas will increase dramatically.

About Decision Health

For over 30 years, DecisionHealth, an H3.Group brand, has served as the industry’s leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with brand names such as Home Health Line and Part B News. Our unique blend of award-winning on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers and their administrative staffs results in business management advice and operationally focused editorial that has captured the attention of nearly 100,000 home health care professionals and specialty physician practices.

Hope Home Care Named as a Top Agency of the 2016 HomeCare Elite

Miamisburg, OH, November 4, 2016 — Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2016 HomeCare Elite®

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— 11/4/2016

Miamisburg, OH, November 4, 2016 — Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2016 HomeCare Elite®, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. For more than ten years, HomeCare Elite has annually identified the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall.

The ranking is developed by ABILITY® Network, a leading information technology company helping providers and payers simplify the administrative and clinical complexities of healthcare; and sponsored by DecisionHealth, publisher of: Home Health Line, The Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual and The Home Health Coding Center.

“Improving quality of care and the patient experience continue to underpin a rapidly evolving healthcare environment,” said Christine Lang, Senior Director, Product Management, for ABILITY Network. “At the same time tracking, measuring and interpreting data that support these efforts is becoming more complex. The 2016 HomeCare Elite winners have demonstrated the highest-quality care in their communities, which is a remarkable achievement. We congratulate Hope Home Care on being one of the top home care agencies in the country.”

Hope Mullikin, RN, Chief Operating Officer, Hope Home Care, credits the desire to put God first in everything we do and the commitment, dedication and hard work of our clinical field staff and office staff with the agency’s ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. “Obtaining this recognition for the 2nd year in a row represents our ongoing and long term commitment to providing a high quality level of care to the surrounding communities in which we ourselves live,” said Ryan Mullikin, CEO.

“We are proud to recognize the HomeCare Elite agencies for demonstrating a commitment to improving quality patient care at low costs. The clinical best practices and data tracking skills these agencies have implemented can position them for future success in government programs such as value-based purchasing and star ratings,” said Marci Heydt, Senior Content Manager, DecisionHealth.

Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice (process measure) implementation, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS®), quality improvement and consistency, and financial performance. In order to be considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for at least one outcome in Home Health Compare. Out of 9,406 agencies considered, 2,353 are recognized on the 2016 HomeCare Elite winners list overall.

The entire list of 2016 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the ABILITY Network website at abilitynetwork.com/homecare-eliteabilitynetwork.com/homecare-elite.

About Hope Home Care

Hope Home Care is a Christian faith-based Medicare certified agency with a commitment to provide high quality, compassionate and specialized home healthcare. Since its founding in 2012, this locally owned and operated company has been providing skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, home health aide and medical social worker services to patients in Southwest Ohio.

About ABILITY Network

ABILITY® Network is a leading healthcare information technology company helping providers and payers simplify the administrative and clinical complexities of healthcare through innovative applications and data analytics. ABILITY is headquartered in Minneapolis with principal offices in Boston and Tampa. For more information visit www.abilitynetwork.com or write to resources@abilitynetwork.com.

For more information about HomeCare Elite, call 888.572.4009, write to HomeCareElite@abilitynetwork.com or visit www.abilitynetwork.com/homecare-elite.

About DecisionHealth®

For over 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the home care industry’s leading source for analysis and tools to improve revenue cycle performance, profitability, regulatory compliance and quality patient care. Agencies nationwide turn to DecisionHealth for education and training, coding and billing solutions, and ongoing expert guidance through its family of online products, print solutions, and live training events. DecisionHealth also certifies home health agency professionals in ICD-10 coding and OASIS-C2 through its Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC), and provides custom consulting services to agency leaders through its DecisionHealth Professional Services unit. For product information, call 1‑855‑CALL‑DH1 or visit www.decisionhealth.com.

 

2015 HCE Top Agency Press Release

Dayton, OH, November 16, 2015 — Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2015 HomeCare Elite™,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— 11/16/2015

Hope Home Care Named as a Top Agency of the 2015 HomeCare Elite

Dayton, OH, November 16, 2015 — Hope Home Care today announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2015 HomeCare Elite, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its ninth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice (process measure) implementation, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS®), quality improvement and consistency, and financial performance. In order to be considered, an agency must be Medicare-certified and have data for at least one outcome in Home Health Compare. Out of 9,718 agencies considered, 2,431 are elite.

The award is sponsored by OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation, the leading provider of home health and hospice metrics and analytics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the most respected independent publication in the home care profession, Home Health Line.

“The 2015 HomeCare Elite winners deserve credit for demonstrating high-quality care in their communities. As quality care initiatives become top-of-mind for healthcare providers, we recognize this as a remarkable achievement and are pleased to make this our 10th year of acknowledgement for top performing home health organizations,” said Christine Lang, VP of Product Development for OCS HomeCare. ““We congratulate Hope Home Care on being one of the top home care agencies in the country.”

Hope Home Care, Ryan Mullikin, CEO, credits it’s foundation on Christian principles and the dedication to excellence of our clinical and support staff with the agency’s ability to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. “Our goal from day one has been to provide high-quality, personalized care that improves the health of our patients and this achievement shows that we are doing just that,” said Hope Mullikin, COO.

“Happy 10th anniversary to the winners of the HomeCare Elite. As CMS ramps up its nationwide initiatives to reward home care agencies for the quality of care they provide, this is yet another way to acknowledge those agencies that have demonstrated their commitment to improving patient care at lower costs. The winners of the HomeCare Elite Award are proving that a heightened focus on clinical outcomes, patient experience, and financial management leads to success,” said Marci Heydt, Senior Content Manager, DecisionHealth.

The entire list of 2015 HomeCare Elite agencies can be downloaded by visiting the National Research Corporation website at http://www.nationalresearch.com/about/homecare-elite/.

About Hope Home Care

Hope Home Care is a Christian faith-based Medicare certified agency with a commitment to provide high quality, compassionate and specialized home healthcare. Since its founding in 2012, this locally owned and operated company has been providing skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, home health aide and medical social worker services to patients in Southwest Ohio.

About National Research Corporation

For more than 30 years, National Research Corporation (NASDAQ: NRCIA and NRCIB) has been at the forefront of patient-centered care. Today, the company’s focus on empowering customer-centric healthcare across the continuum extends patient-centered care to incorporate families, communities, employees, senior housing residents, and other stakeholders.

National Research is dedicated to representing the true voice of patients and other healthcare stakeholders. This integration of cross-continuum metrics and analytics uncovers insights for effective performance improvement, quality measurement, care transitions, and many other factors that impact population health management.

For more information about HomeCare Elite, call 888-325-3396, write to HomeCareElite@ocsys.com or visit http://www.nationalresearch.com/about/homecare-elite/.

About DecisionHealth®

For over 25 years, DecisionHealth has served as the home care industry’s leading source for analysis and tools to improve revenue cycle performance, profitability and regulatory compliance. Agencies nationwide turn to DecisionHealth for education and training, coding and billing solutions, and ongoing expert guidance through its family of online products, print solutions, and live training events. DecisionHealth also certifies home health agency professionals in ICD-10 coding and OASIS-C1 through its Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance, and provides custom consulting services to agency leaders through its DecisionHealth Professional Services unit. For product information, call 1-855-CALL-DH1 or visit www.decisionhealth.com.

Hope Home Care Earns High Ratings

Dayton, OH, August 5, 2015: Hope Home Care has been rated a 4.5 (out of a possible five) “Quality of Patient Care Star Rating”

PRESS RELEASE,
Hope Home Care Earns High Ratings

Dayton, OH, August 5, 2015: Hope Home Care has been rated a 4.5 (out of a possible five) “Quality of Patient Care Star Rating” from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS). The ratings are available on Home Health Compare which was created by CMS on Medicare.gov to provide quality of care information about Medicare-certified home health agencies. Ratings are calculated based on 3 process measures and 6 outcome measures:

Process Measures:

  1. Timely Initiation of Care
  2. Drug Education on all Medications Provided to Patient/Caregiver
  3. Influenza Immunization Received for Current Flu Season
  4. Outcome measures:

  5. Improvement in Ambulation
  6. Improvement in Bed Transferring
  7. Improvement in Bathing
  8. Improvement in Pain Interfering With Activity
  9. Improvement in Shortness of Breath
  10. Acute Care Hospitalization

Across the country most agencies fall in the middle with 3 or 3.5 stars. “We are very excited to see these high ratings from Home Health Compare” says Ryan Mullikin, Administrator & CEO. “This acknowledgement shows that we are providing excellent care to our patients in accordance with our company mission.” A locally owned and operated agency, Hope Home Care has been providing skilled nursing, therapy and home health aide services in Southwest Ohio since 2012.