January 23, 2008

Emanuel Medical Center announced that Home Care Services of Emanuel has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home healthcare 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 named 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 environment shows that Home Care Services of Emanuel is dedicated to quality and performance."

"Making the 2007 HomeCare Elite is commendable in today's highly competitive home healthcare industry," said Jonathan Stern, Group Publisher of DecisionHealth's Home Health Group. "We congratulate Emanuel Medical Center on being one of the top 25% best performing home care agencies in the country."

Home Care Services of Emanuel provides healthcare services that include Professional Nurses, Certified Home Health Aides, Registered Dietitians, Medical Social Workers, Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists and Enterostomal Consulting Specialists.  Payment for services is covered under Medicare, Medi-Cal, Private or Group Insurance or Workers Compensation.  Emanuel serves Turlock and the communities of Ceres, Hughson, Keyes, Denair, Delhi, Ballico, Cressey, Hilmar, Livingston, Stevinson, Newman, Crows Landing and Patterson.

The 2007 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2007

HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare informatics and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care's most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line.

OCS is the market leader in healthcare information solutions. By collecting, evaluating and interpreting healthcare information, they empower leaders with data-driven insight that helps optimize mission-critical decision making. OCS combines the richness of the nation's most comprehensive post-acute Data Warehouse with cutting-edge analysis tools, consulting services and custom technology solutions.

DecisionHealth^TM serves the business and regulatory needs of healthcare providers and their administrative staffs nationwide, including home health agencies.

For more information on Home Care Services of Emanuel, please call 209.664.2500.