South Nassau Communities Hospital Home Care has earned a spot in the top 25% of home health care providers in the United States for the ninth consecutive year based on quality measures. The program offers various home care services including skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and medical equipment. South Nassau Home Health Care is licensed, certified, and accredited to provide care to patients in their homes.

1. News From:
For Immediate Release December 2, 2014
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
Home Health Care Program Earns Elite Ranking Again
Oceanside, N.Y. – For the ninth consecutive year, South Nassau Communities Hospital
Home Care has earned a spot in the prestigious HomeCare Elite™ listing of the top 25% of home
health care providers in the United States. The listing is based on a collection of performance
measures including quality of care, quality improvement, patient experience, process measure
implementation, and financial performance.
“South Nassau’s consistent ranking as a Top 500 Agency demonstrates the enduring
commitment of our staff to work together to provide superior care and service for our patients
and their loved ones,” said Nancy Helenek, RN, administrative director of the care continuum at
South Nassau.
The 2014 Home Care Elite listing, brought to the industry by National Research
Corporation, parent company of Outcome Concept Services (OCS) Home Care, and
DecisionHealth, uses publicly available data from the CMS Home Health Compare and the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Cost reports.
South Nassau’s Certified Home Health Agency offers short-term, acute care, and long-term
home care services. The range of services include: skilled nursing, rehabilitation services,
medical social services, home health aide services and nutritional counseling. Laboratory services,
medical supplies and equipment and IV therapy services can be arranged through contracted
vendors. In addition, it offers specialty programs such as telehealth, medication management, and
a fall prevention program. Advanced wound care treatment and negative pressure wound therapy
can also be provided.
South Nassau Home Health Care is licensed by the New York State Department of Health
and certified to participate in Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross programs, as well as accredited
by The Joint Commission. For more information about South Nassau Home Care, call (516) 377-
5000.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),
South Nassau® Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds,
more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an

2. acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac,
oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In
addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and
elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma
Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York
State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American
College of Surgeons and is an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Association and Quality Improvement Program. In addition, the hospital has been awarded the
Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, including
heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific care for hip and joint
replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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