Elite Home Health earns accreditation from The Joint Commission

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Elite Home Health has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval®, recognizing the agency's commitment to quality and safety in home health care and continuous compliance with accreditation performance standards.

To receive accreditation, Elite Home Health underwent a rigorous, unannounced on-site survey. A team of Joint Commission surveyors evaluated the agency for compliance with home care standards specific to the needs of patients, including the provision of care, treatment and services, emergency management, human resources, individual rights and responsibilities and leadership.

Elite Home Health is part of LHC Group Inc., a national provider of post-acute care services. LHC Group is the only national home health provider pursuing 100 percent Joint Commission accreditation. Approximately 81 percent of the company's agencies have achieved accreditation.

Established in 1988, The Joint Commission's Home Care Accreditation program supports the efforts of its accredited organizations to help deliver safe, high quality care and services.

"When individuals engage a home care provider, they want to be sure that provider is capable of providing safe, quality care," said Margherita Labson, RN, M.S., executive director of the Home Care Accreditation program for The Joint Commission. "As the home care setting becomes increasingly popular, it is important that providers are able to demonstrate that they are capable of providing safe, high quality care. Accreditation by The Joint Commission and the gold seal serve as an indication that the organization has demonstrated compliance to these recognized standards of safe and quality care."

About LHC Group Inc.

LHC Group Inc. (LHCGroup.com) is a national provider of post-acute care services, providing quality, cost-effective health care to patients within the comfort and privacy of their home or place of residence. LHC Group provides a comprehensive array of healthcare services through home health, hospice and community-based services locations in its home-based division and long-term acute care hospitals in its facility-based division.

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