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Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk Hospice House Celebrates 5th anniversary
 Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk recently marked the 5th Anniversary of its Hospice House, an eight bed inpatient unit in East Northport, with a breakfast at the Northport Yacht Club. Since opening its doors in November 2004, the Hospice House has welcomed 1500 families and continues to provide comfort and compassionate end of life care. This milestone event was attended by nearly 100 guests, including the board of trustees, staff, donors, local politicians and members of the business community.
Pictured from left are Robert Cogliati, president of VNSHS board of trustees; Linda Taylor, chief executive officer and state Sen. John Flanagan
Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk Named as Top 500 Home Health Care Providers in Country
October 26, 2009 — Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk today announced that, for the fourth consecutive year, it has been named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the top performing home health agencies in the United States. This annual review identifies the Top 25 percent of agencies and further highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.
“The 2009 HomeCare Elite winners exemplify a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level,” said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS, Inc. "We congratulate Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk on being one of the Top 500 home care agencies in the country."
Linda Taylor, Chief Executive Officer at Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk credits the combination of competent and dedicated employees, superior clinical oversight, and strong management team with the company's ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. Ms. Taylor said "I'm extremely proud of Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk's accomplishment which recognizes our ongoing commitment to excellence.”
“DecisionHealth would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients,” adds Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Line. The 2009 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2009 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare informatics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The data used for this analysis was compiled from publicly available information. The entire list of the 2009 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS website at www.ocshomecare.com.
About OCS HomeCare
OCS HomeCare empowers home health and hospice organizations with results-driven data intelligence, plus the largest and most accurate homecare database in the industry. Homecare providers, payers, associations, government agencies, vendors, and consultants all turn to OCS to elevate decision-making, raise the bar on results, and bring home positive outcomes. For more information about OCS HomeCare, please visit www.ocshomecare.com or call 888-325-3396.
About DecisionHealth®
For more than 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry’s leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with cutting edge information sources such as Part B News, Home Health Line, Medicare Compliance Alert, Inside the Joint Commission and Specialty Coders Pink Sheets. Our unique blend of award-winning on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers, healthcare organization managers and their revenue-cycle staffs enables us to provide solutions, tools and guidance that is relied on by nearly 100,000 home health care and specialty physician practice professionals. For more information, please visit www.decisionhealth.com or call 877-602-3835.
Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk Appoints New President to Board of Trustees
June 18, 2009 -- Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk (Northport, NY), a not-for-profit, community based home health care agency and hospice, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert P. Cogliati as President of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Cogliati is a certified public accountant and a partner at Caminiti & Cogliati, CPA’s, LLP, a public accounting firm in Hauppauge, NY. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPA’s. A longtime resident of Northport, Mr. Cogliati is married with four children. In addition to Mr. Cogliati’s appointment, the agency has appointed Ronald J. Duswalt as 2nd vice president of the board. Mr. Duswalt holds numerous professional designations including certified financial planner, chartered financial consultant and chartered life underwriter. He is a registered representative of the investment firm Horner, Townsend & Kent. Anthony F. Silva, CPA has been elected treasurer of the board. Mr. Silva is Vice President of Finance for BWD Group LLC, a premier insurance broker in Jericho, NY. Anthony has spent the last 23 years in the insurance industry, holding various positions that have expanded his knowledge of accounting and finance. He resides in Garden City with his wife and 2 children.
Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk Ranked Among Top 25% of Home Health Providers in Country,
January 16, 2009. For the third consecutive year, Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk has been named to the 2008 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 percent of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.
“The 2008 HomeCare Elite winners exemplify a commitment to providing their patients with optimum care while performing at the highest level,” said Nancy Buller, Senior Director of Marketing Communications at OCS, Inc. "We congratulate Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk on being one of the Top home care agencies in the country."
Linda Taylor, Chief Executive Officer at Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk credits the combination of competent and dedicated employees, superior clinical oversight, and strong management team with the company's ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. Ms. Taylor said "I'm extremely proud of Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk's accomplishment which recognizes our ongoing commitment to excellence.”
“DecisionHealth would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients,” adds Marci Heydt, Executive Editor of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Line.
The 2008 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2008 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare informatics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care’s most respected independent newsletter …home health line. The entire list of the 2008 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS web site at www.ocsys.com/HCE.
About OCS, Inc.
OCS is the market leader in healthcare information solutions. By collecting, evaluating and interpreting healthcare information, we empower leaders with data-driven insight that helps optimize mission-critical decision making. OCS combines the richness of the nation’s most comprehensive post-acute data warehouse with cutting-edge analysis tools, consulting services and custom technology solutions. Our information-based solutions facilitate providers, payors, industry analysts, consultants, Federal and state governments, medical products and pharmaceutical companies with advancing their missions using objective, independent information that is not available from other sources. Learn more at www.ocsys.com or call 888.325.3396.
About DecisionHealth
DecisionHealth® serves the clinical, business and regulatory needs of health care practitioners, providers and their administrative staff nationwide, including home health agencies. For more than 20 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry's leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with brand names such as Home Health Line, Home Care Outcomes, the Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual, Private Duty Insider and Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health. Our unique blend of award-winning information specialists, in-house journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers and their staffs results in news, analysis and solutions that have captured the attention of nearly 100,000 healthcare readers. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877.602.3835.
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