OCS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 OCS Vision Awards.

In its seventh year, the OCS Vision Awards honor and recognize the exceptional efforts of those home care and hospice providers across the country actively engaged in strategic initiatives that improve quality of care and organizational performance.

Each of the winners demonstrates creative use of the insight provided by their data to improve patient outcomes, overcome challenges and/or achieve organizational goals.

Click here for more information and a list of the winners.

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Early bird registration for our 2007 OCS Summit ends August 15, 2007.

The 2007 OCS Summit, on October 6, 2007 in Denver, just before the Annual NAHC Meeting, will be the most innovative one day pre-conference ever, focused on how to continuously deliver and improve on the value of home health and hospice.

Don't miss out on your opportunity to

• Meet the OCS team
• Participate in sessions lead by industry leaders such as William Simione Jr. and Barbara McCann
• Take advantage of hands-on training
• Network with your peers from across the industry

OCS announces that HomeCare HomeBase, located in Dallas, Texas, has joined The Hospice Leaders Project.

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This voluntary program expedites the adoption of meaningful performance comparisons in the hospice market. Through this program, vendors will provide hospices with standard definitions, systems and guidance to capture and report valuable patient management data, facilitating performance improvement and participation in state, national, and private quality initiatives. The Hospice Leaders Project is being coordinated by OCS.

The Hospice Leaders Project is a key part of the multiple efforts to formalize quality measurement, leveraging the vast experience of thousands of hospices and participating organizations. The proposed Medicare QAPI Conditions of Participation require measurement, but do not specify indicators. Several national and state- sponsored organizations are promoting frameworks for quality and data-centric improvement, including the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), National Quality Forum (NQF), American Hospice Foundation, the National Association of Homecare and Hospice (NAHC) and the CMS-funded Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence.

The Hospice Leaders Project will expedite standardized data information, collection and reporting for hospice agencies enhancing the impact of all of these diverse programs.

These informative OCS Product Web Conferences also touch on current issues, topics and trends in the Home Health, Hospice and Private Duty industries. Sign up today!

If you are looking for product training, please check out our Client Training Calendar.

Market View
Tuesday, August 14th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Oasis Reports & Graphs/
Desktop Tools
Tuesday, August 21st
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Are You Ready for QAPI
Thursday, August 23rd
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Home Health Connection
Tuesday, August 28th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Market View
Thursday, August 30th
10am PDT/1pm EDT
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Dialing and WebEx instructions, including a link to the handouts, will be delivered to your email inbox on the morning of the day of the web conference you have enrolled in.

Would you like to compare your agency's operational characteristics against agencies in the OCS National Database and the HomecareElite?

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