Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice Corporate Recognition

Michigan Award of Excellence for Improving Care in the Home Health Setting

Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice received MPRO’s, Michigan’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization’s (QIO), 2005 Michigan Award of Excellence for Improving Care in the Home Health Setting. Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice received the accolade for measured improvement in patient care.

Debra L. Moss, MD, MBA, president and CEO, MPRO explains that the award is important in the role that it helps to foster an environment in which every person receives the right care every time. And the care that they receive at Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable.

The award honors home health companies in Michigan that are performing quality initiatives aimed at improving patient care. Agencies chose from a list of 41 clinical criteria to focus on quality initiatives and were required to monitor their improvement plans and demonstrate marked improvement care. The clinical topics have been marked as national health care priorities by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for West Michigan, 2005

Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice CEO William L. Deary was named the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for West Michigan. Since founding Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice with his wife, Cheri Lyn, in 1994, Deary has led the charge toward becoming one of the finest and most comprehensive private home health care organizations in the country.

Deary’s focus is on the true purpose of Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice’s work – the patients.

“Our priority has always been, and will continue to be, providing superior patient care in the comfort, security and privacy of the home,” Deary said.

And he has brought national recognition to the company because of this. Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice consistently meets or exceeds the national average in all time sensitive quality measurements by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Michigan Small Business Person the Year Award, 2003

Michigan Small Business Person the Year Award Success in the face of adversity, and flourishing at a time when other businesses were closing their doors has earned Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice owner and C.E.O., William L. Deary III, Michigan’s SBA Small Businessperson of the Year Award.

“As always – any honor we receive is a tribute to our employees. Every employee works diligently at our singular mission – the provision of superior quality care for every patient we are provided the opportunity to serve,” said Deary.

The commitment to superior quality care for every patient is set in the foundation of the company’s responsibility to provide a superior quality work environment for every employee. Innovative programs and substantive investment in every employee, in both large and small ways has created a dynamic, trend setting and committed work force. A recent classified advertisement for a Great Lakes career opportunity generated in excess of 125 applicants, wherein they had expected 15 to 20. Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice has become a company where people want to work.

National Home Health 100

National Home Health 100 Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice was invited to become a member of the “Home Health 100,” the nation’s most successful and respected home health providers.

The top 100 home health and hospice companies in the nation are asked to accept this honor. Since 2004, Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice has been at the top of the list with their reputation for providing superior quality care in the comfort, security and privacy of their patients’ own homes.