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7/22/2005 - Alacare Receives Certificate of Need Approval for Greene and Lamar Counties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Richard Nieves or Nancy Kucik Alacare Home Health & Hospice 4752 Highway 280 East Birmingham, AL 35242 Phone: 205.981.8000 or 800.852.4724 Fax : 205.981.8743 E-mail: Richard.Nieves@alacare.com Alacare Receives Certificate of Need Approval for Greene and Lamar Counties The Alabama Certificate of Need (CON) Review Board has unanimously approved the applications of Alacare Home Health & Hospice to expand into both Greene and Lamar Counties. This marks the tenth time the Board has approved Alacare’s applications to expand into new counties. Under the contiguous county authority from their office in Tuscaloosa County, Alacare has already been serving Greene County. “The Board’s vote means that we will now be even better able to serve the people of Greene County, because now we have the option to open an office there,” said John G. Beard, JD, MBA, President of Alacare Home Health & Hospice. “Alacare can also serve Sumter and Marengo Counties now, since they are contiguous with Greene County.” Although the three counties bordering Lamar were already in Alacare’s service area, Lamar County was not. “With this new Certificate of Need approval, Alacare Home Health & Hospice now has the right to open an office in Lamar to serve its citizens and can provide better serve in the contiguous counties of Pickens, Fayette and Marion,” said Nanette Sims-Perry, JD, Alacare’s General Counsel. “The ability to provide care from offices within the community means that homebound Medicare patients should see the greatest benefit from this expansion,” agreed Mark Cook, MBA, RN Alacare’s Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Operating Officer. “Alacare Home Health & Hospice has been a respected home care provider since 1970. The agency has a longstanding commitment to seeking approval for CON authority to expand into Alabama counties in which the State Health Plan has determined that residents need better access to home care,” said Alacare’s Corporate Medical Director, Tara Bryant, MD. Sims-Perry added, “We are pleased with the trust the CON Board has once again shown in our organization to serve our fellow Alabamians by approving these latest applications for us.” About Alacare Alacare Home Health & Hospice is Alabama's oldest and largest privately owned, Medicare-certified home health agency. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alacare is dedicated to providing patients the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitative, palliative and hospice care available in the most cost-effective environment—the patient's own home. Since 1970, Alacare has provided patients with quality home healthcare. Medicare’s new Home Health Care data reflect that Alacare’s patient-care outcomes in 11 essential areas are among the best when compared to both National and Alabama averages. Interested persons can obtain this data online at http://cms.hhs.gov/quality/hhqi/ or by calling 1-800-MEDICARE. Services provided include: diabetes education, enterostomal therapy, homecare aides, home medical equipment, hospice/palliative care, infusion therapy, medical nutrition therapy, medical social services, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy, skilled nursing, and speech language pathology. Alacare’s service area now includes the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Monroe, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox, and Winston. For more information, visit the Company's corporate Web site: www.alacare.com.
