Magna Home Health announced that it has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States. This annual review identifies the top 25% of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance. The 2007 HomeCare Elite also indicates those providers who are included in the Top 100 and Top 500 of providers nationwide. The data used for this analysis was compiled from publicly available information.

“We applaud the success of all the providers names to the 2007 HomeCare Elite,” said Bill Bassett, Senior Director of Market Strategy at OCS, Inc. “Being noted as one of the top performers in the nation in this very competitive environments shows that Magna Home Health is dedicated to quality and performance.”

Magna Home Health provides skilled nursing including antibiotic or other IV therapy, chemotherapy, maternity, infant and children nursing care, blood pressure monitoring, wound care and medication monitoring. Their services also include physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Magna is an entity of Rush Health Systems and serves the following Mississippi counties: Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Wayne; and the following Alabama counties: Clarke, Choctaw, Marengo, Sumter and Washington.

Rush Health Systems is headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi with healthcare facilities in East Mississippi and West Alabama. The organization includes Rush Foundation Hospital, Specialty Hospital of Meridian, Medical Foundation, Inc., Rush Homecare dba Magna Home Health, Rush Medical Group, Laird Hospital and J.G. Alexander Nursing Center in Union, Mississippi, H.C. Watkins Hospital in Quitman, Mississippi and Scott Regional Hospital in Morton, Mississippi.