St. Luke's Home Care Named as a Top Agency of the 2016 HomeCare Elite
Posted on Jul 31, 2017
By St. Luke's, Duluth, MN
St. Luke’s Home Care announced it has been named a Top Agency of
the 2016 HomeCare Elite®. It is 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.
Lynn Nelson, St. Luke’s Home Care and Hospice Director, credits the
hard work and dedication of employees with the agency’s ability
to achieve recognition as one of the HomeCare Elite. "I’m very
proud of our Home Care Team for earning this award. We are so honored
to be recognized for our high standard of care and treatment of patients,”
Nelson said.
“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 St. Luke’s Home Care on
being one of the top home care agencies in the country.”
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-elite.
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