Interim HealthCare Recognizes Outstanding Franchisees at National Clinical...( SUNRISE Fla. Nov. 19 /- Interim Healt...),Health

SUNRISE, Fla., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Interim HealthCare, the nation's largest provider of home care and health care staffing services, announced the recipients of the "National Quality Awards" for 2008 at their annual National Clinical Symposium meeting in Savannah, Georgia. The awards recognize Interim home care offices for patient satisfaction, and Medicare-certified offices for performance on CMS public measures of quality. The awards were developed after the introduction of the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) public measures in October 2003, a national government program that publishes the quality ratings of all Medicare-certified home health care agencies in the United States and to recognize the value of Interim's standardized monitoring of home care patient's satisfaction, in place for over a decade.

Interim HealthCare CEO and President Kathleen Gilmartin said, "It is with great pride that we acknowledge the superior performance of many of our franchises. Quality plays a key role in our leadership as the largest and most successful health care franchise organization in the country."

Barbara McCann, Chief Clinical Officer at Interim HealthCare added, "We are proud to recognize these outstanding franchisees and their clinicians for their achievements. It demonstrates their daily dedication and commitment to improving the lives of our patients. "

Offices receiving the three levels of patient satisfaction awards for their performance in providing home care and office-based support that patients and their families consistently find timely, caring and helpful as measured in standardized satisfaction surveys included:

    Pre-eminent Performance:
    Fresno, CA            Sioux Falls, SD          Gaffney, SC
    Pueblo, CO            Amarillo, TX             Greenville, SC
    Lima, OH              Anderson, SC             Seneca, SC

    Outstanding Performance:
   
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