Good Samaritan Society Home Care of Southeast Nebraska has been named as one of the Top 100 Home Health Agencies in the nation in 2011, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. This annual review identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and further highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall out of 9,700 agencies nationwide.

Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement, and financial performance.
“The HomeCare Elite program continues to identify excellence and recognize home health care agencies that perform at the highest level,” said Amanda Twiss, CEO of OCS-My InnerView. “We congratulate the Good Samaritan Society Home Care of Southeast Nebraska for their continued success and commitment to high quality care and strong financial performance.”
Good Samaritan Society Home Care of Southeast Nebraska Director of Home Care, Jessica Gerdes RN BSN, “credits our staffs’ sincere desire to improve their patients’ health which in effect improves their quality of life. Our hard work, dedication, and commitment to our clients led our agency to rank as one of the top 100 in the Home Care Elite.”
“We congratulate the Good Samaritan Society Home Care of Southeast Nebraska on being one of the top 100 home care agencies in the nation. We are proud of this award as it is a reflection of the benefits their clients receive from the home health agency.  We are extremely proud of the Home Care program and their caring and competent staff.  I commend Jessica Gerdes, Home Health Director, and her staff on the outstanding job they are doing in Southeast Nebraska,” stated Good Samaritan Society Regional Operations Manager Home Care and Community Based Services, Carla Trout.
The 2011 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2011 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS Homecare, the leading provider of homecare information, and DecisionHealth, publisher of homecare’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line.
Jeff Harvey, administrator of Good Samaritan Society said “I am extremely proud of our Home Health Agency being a recipient of this award! This achievement is a great testimony of their hard work and dedication as they go about their mission of serving others.”
The Good Samaritan Society is conducting formal research through its LivingWell@Home program to prove the benefits of technologies so seniors today and in years to come can live richer and longer lives in their homes.
We also offer our new Phillips Lifeline service as well as our telehealth service. Good Samaritan Society Home Care has maintained a deficiency free status during the past three surveys. Good Samaritan Society Home Care of Southeast Nebraska provides services for five counties: Nemaha, Johnson, Richardson, Otoe, and Pawnee.  If you would like more information on Home Health Care or the qualifications for Home Care, please call Jessica Gerdes-Director at 402-274-5541.