Employee of the Month

 

 

 Ohio Valley Home Health, Inc. Employee of the Month.

Carol Louden, CHHA is the April 2012 Ohio Valley Home Health, Inc. Employee of the Month, according to April Burgett, Ohio Valley Home Health, Inc. RN, Administrator.

Carol joined the team at Ohio Valley Home Health, Inc. August 2005 as a home health aide. Carol received her home health aide certification through the Area Agency on Aging COALA program.

Carol resides in Patriot, Ohio and enjoys sewing and gardening.

Carol states what she likes best about working at Ohio Valley Home Health is   “Being able to help our clients stay in their own homes and the caring team of nurses and aides I am part of.” Carol received a check for $50, a certificate, a reserved parking spot for employee of the month, and her name engraved on the 2012 employee of the Month plaque. “Carol has proven to be very efficient and professional and does an excellent job. Ohio Valley Home Health, Inc. is fortunate to have her as part of their team”, says April Burgett, Administrator.   www.OVHH.org

 

 

 

Ohio Valley Home Health named to 2010 HomeCare Elite

United States. Now in its fifth year, the HomeCare Elite 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 2010 HomeCare Elite winners continue to demonstrate a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level.” said Amanda Twiss, CEO of OCS HomeCare. “We congratulate Ohio Valley Home Health on being one of the top home care agencies in the country. In addition, we salute all forward-thinking providers who are already working on measuring and improving their performance using OASIS-C outcomes and process measures and HH-CAHPS results. This important data will also be used in identifying the HomeCare Elite in the future.”

 

“This recognition validates the hard work and efforts of our nursing and administrative staff, as well as our effective use of technology and training in the field and office, such as our patient telemonitoring systems, certified wound care nurses and lymphedema therapists.”, Mike Vallee, President, of Ohio Valley Home Health indicated. 

 

 “On the fifth anniversary of HomeCare Elite, DecisionHealth would like to congratulate all of the winners who have achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes, especially during times of such drastic regulatory changes,” added Marci Heydt, executive director of Decision Health’s Home Health Line.

 

The 2010 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2010 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS HomeCare, the leading provider of homecare information and DecisionHealth, publisher of homecare’s most respected independent newsletterHome Health Line. The data used for this analysis were compiled from publicly available information. The entire list of the 2010 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS HomeCare website at www.ocshomecare.com .

Ohio Valley Home Health Rolls Out Corporate Car Program

 

There are some new cars on the roads in Southeast Ohio - white Nissan Versas decorated with the Ohio Valley Home Health logo. These Versas are being driven by the agencies field nurses on their way to care for homebound patients.

 

“There is a nationwide shortage of trained nurses,” said Mike Vallee, OVHH’s President.  “Home care agencies, hospitals and other providers are searching for innovative programs to control costs, and at the same time differentiate themselves for purposes of recruiting and retaining employees.  We believe this program helps in both regards”

 

The program has been well received by OVHH nurses.

“Not only does this help control costs, it helps employees avoid wear and tear to their own cars.” Said Don Corbin, owner of OVHH.  “Additionally, as these vehicles have excellent fuel efficiency, we feel that we are doing our part to move towards a “greener” economy.” 

Enterprise Fleet Management, a division of Enterprise Rent-a-Car, handled the acquisition of the cars and will provide the service for them under an arrangement with Ohio Valley Home Health.

" The fleet division of the company focuses on smaller companies with needs for between 15 and 125 vehicles," said David Stuhlfire, Enterp5rise's group slaes manager.

"By providing the acquisition, management, maintenance, fuel, and eventual trade-in or sale of the cars. Enterprise can provide a cost savings for companies that own vehicles or that have traditionally reimbursed employees for using their personal cars on the job

 

Ohio Valley Home Health is locally owned and operated with the main office located in Gallipolis and a satellite office in Athens.