Two Bon Secours Home Care Agencies Among the Top 25 Percent of Providers

Marriottsville, Maryland, November 20, 2008 – Home care agencies in Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health Care System and Bon Secours Richmond Health Care System have 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.

Barbara Ballard, administrator for Bon Secours Home Care, Portsmouth, VA, credits the high caliber clinicians and the commitment of the team to providing care for the whole person with the agency’s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. She said, “This is an affirmation of Bon Secours Home Care’s commitment to providing the highest quality, compassionate care to the communities we are so privileged to serve.”

Bon Secours Health System, Inc. based in Marriottsville, Maryland, is a $2.6 billion dollar not-for-profit Catholic health system that owns, manages or joint ventures 18 acute care, 5 long term care, 5 assisted living and independent living and other facilities, primarily on the East Coast. Bon Secours Health System consists of more than 20,000 caregivers helping people in communities in eight states. Its vision is to be recognized for its leadership in justice, transforming the communities in which it serves and works into places of health and hope, and being a prophetic voice for systemic U.S. health reform and a more humane world.