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CMS Merit Award
Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, Inc.
Presented Award of Merit

Warsaw, IN.—Health Care Excel, the Indiana Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) honored Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, Inc. for meeting established criteria for the Medicare QIO’s Home Health Quality Improvement Award of Merit and providing quality health care to the Medicare beneficiaries they serve.

Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, Inc. has participated with the Medicare QIO in the Home Health Quality Initiative to improve its performance for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-selected publicly reported outcome measures such as reduction in avoidable acute care hospitalization, or one of the other publicly reported outcome measures selected by the agency.

“Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, Inc. has shown that perseverance and determination will improve patient outcomes,” said Sheila Cheek, RN, Home Health Clinical Coordinator, Indiana Medicare QIO. “The agency has strived for a common goal to benefit the aging population in their community, and the QIO is proud to recognize Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, Inc. for its hard work and dedication.”

The Award of Merit was presented to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, Inc. at the May 2007 Annual Indiana Association of Home and Hospice Care Conference (IAHHC) in Indianapolis.

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This material was prepared by Health Care Excel, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Indiana, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 8SOW-IN-HH-07-16 06/11/2007

   
 
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