Professional Home Health Ranked Among Top 25 Percent of Home Health Providers in Country for 2007

Sallisaw, OK. October 30, 2007— Professional Home Health today announced that it has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States. 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.

“We applaud the success of all the providers named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite,^” said Bill Bassett, Senior Director of Market Strategy at OCS, Inc. “Being noted as one of the top performers in the nation in this very competitive environment shows that Professional Home Health is dedicated to quality and performance.” 

Professional Home Health's, Erik Drennen CEO/Administrator, credits high quality nursing and leadership with a strong vision of what Home Care can be with the company’s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. He said, “ I am very proud of the team of nurses we have at Professional Home Health and their dedication to providing quality patient care." 

"Making the 2007 HomeCare Elite is commendable in today’s highly competitive home health care industry," said Jonathan Stern, Group Publisher of Decision Health’s Home Health Group. "We congratulate Professional Home Health on being one of the top 25% best performing home care agencies in the country."

The 2007 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2007 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare informatics and Decision Health, publisher of home care’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The entire list of the 2007 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS web site at www.ocsys.com.

About Professional Home Health

Professional Home Health is a comprehensive home health care agency that provides a broad range of community and home health services to persons of all ages. Professional Home Health was founded in 1978 to provide an alternative to premature institutionalization for the elderly and disabled in Oklahoma. Since then the agency has expanded its coverage area. We serve Oklahoma and Northeast Texas in over 30 locations. Professional Home Health has stayed on the cutting edge of technology to provide a new standard of home care with the addition of anodyne therapy, home telemonitors and our pediatric program.

Professional Home Health is independently owned and operated by Oklahomans.