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Texoma Medical Center has joined the national Home Health Quality Initiative to further improve the quality of care received by the 3.5 million patients receiving care from Medicare-certified home health agencies. The initiative gives consumers the ability to gain easy access to important, objective healthcare information when choosing a home healthcare provider for themselves or a loved one. The is part of a new Home Health Quality Initiative (HHQI) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), designed to improve quality of care by home health agencies through public reporting and community-based efforts. CMS is a federal agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services "A key step towards improving quality is getting consumers the information they need to make informed healthcare choices," said W. Mackey Watkins, M.D., Texoma HealthCare System President/C.E.O. "As a leading provider of home health services in the Texoma region, we are committed to the best possible quality of care and are actively involved in this initiative." -more-pg. 2, Home Health Quality InitiativeThe HHQI releases new quality data to give seniors and their families comparative information about home health agencies' quality of care.Consumers can obtain the comparative data by going online at www.medicare.gov http://www.medicare.gov> and clicking on Home Health Compare or by calling toll-free at 1-800-MEDICARE. Consumers are encouraged to use this information as one tool in an overall strategy to learn about home healthcare. Additional information available online or by phone includes brochures and fact sheets on how to choose a home health agency, information on patient rights and a checklist that will help consumers begin the dialogue with a home health agency. TMC Home Health has offices in Denison, TX and Durant, OK. For more information on TMC Home Health, call (903) 416-5500 or 1-800-436-7577. TMC Home Health is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, a national body that monitors hospital operations and standards.
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