St. Vincent Home Health named “Home Care Elite” Agency

St. Vincent Home Health, serving Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Johnson and Tipton counties, has once again been named among the top 25 percent of home health care agencies in the nation, as a “Home Care Elite” Agency.

“To have achieved this national level recognition for 10 years is such a tribute to our great team of caregivers, support staff and leadership. Our nurses, therapists and aides strive for excellence each day; the entire team shares that commitment on behalf of our patients and our referring partners,” said Kim Jule, Vice President of Operations for St. Vincent Home Health. “To be ranked among the top 25 percent of home health care agencies in the United States is an outstanding achievement, and we plan to continue to focus on excellence while providing compassionate, patient-centered, mission driven care.”

Home Care Elite is a national level designation awarded to the top performing Medicare certified home health agencies across the country. ABILITY Network and Decision Health annually announces this prestigious designation following publicly reported data from Home Health Compare and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The areas of focus include patient care quality, patient experience and financial performance.

St. Vincent Home Health, part of Ascension, is Indiana’s largest faith-based provider of home care and currently serves a population of over 1,800 patients across the state. As a leader in the home health community, St. Vincent Home Health strives to provide extraordinary care by focusing on clinical excellence and patient-centered outcomes. To learn more information call 317-829-2122 or visit stvincent.org/homehealth.

About St. Vincent

In Indiana, Ascension’s St. Vincent operates 24 hospitals in addition to a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices and clinics serving central and southern Indiana and employs more than 15,000 associates. Across the state, St. Vincent provided more than $323 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in fiscal year 2018. Serving Indiana for 145 years, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 21 states and the District of Columbia. Visit stvincent.org.