“We are extremely excited about strengthening our presence in the key Lufkin market.” said Dean Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Jordan Health Services. “This transaction enhances our ability to provide quality services in this market which we currently serve only peripherally out of our offices in surrounding communities. Additionally, we have targeted Lufkin as a key area to expand our pediatrics business and this transaction will be instrumental towards launching pediatrics successfully. We welcome the Providence team and all of their clients to the JHS family.”

JHS will continue to operate in Lufkin under the leadership of Evelyn Brookshire, Administrator of the agency.

About Jordan Health Services
Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the state of Texas. Additionally, Jordan provides hospice services through its partnership with CIMA Hospice with offices in San Antonio, El Paso, New Braunfels, and McAllen. Now with 34 locations, and growing, serving nearly 14,000 clients, Jordan Health Services is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.

About Providence Homecare Services
Providence Homecare Services is a leading provider of licensed and certified home health services in Lufkin.

For more information, please contact:
Gregg Cannady, Vice President and General Counsel
gcannady@jhsi.com

“We are pleased to expand our Community Care presence so substantially in Del Rio, Odessa, and their surrounding counties.” said Dean Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Jordan Health Services. “This transaction strengthens our capabilities to provide quality services in a large section of West Texas. We welcome the Visiting Nurses staff and all of their clients to the JHS family.”

Visiting Nurses’ Del Rio office will be combined with JHS’s current office in Del Rio while the Odessa office of Visiting Nurses will be combined with JHS’s Abilene office.

About Jordan Health Services
Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the state of Texas. Additionally, Jordan provides hospice services through its partnership with CIMA Hospice with offices in San Antonio, El Paso, New Braunfels, and McAllen. Now with 34 locations, and growing, serving nearly 14,000 clients, Jordan Health Services is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.

About Visiting Nurses of Del Rio
Visiting Nurses of Del Rio provides attendant care services supporting patients and their families in Del Rio and Odessa, Texas, and surrounding counties.

For more information, please contact:
Gregg Cannady, Vice President and General Counsel
gcannady@jhsi.com

“We are excited to further our Community Care presence in the Laredo market.” said Lance Cornell, President of Jordan Health Services. “We look forward to welcoming the Farias staff and clients into the Jordan family and broadening our service delivery capabilities to Laredo and the surrounding communities.”

Jordan will continue operations at 9802 McPherson Road, Suite 116, Laredo, Texas.

About Jordan Health Services
Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the state of Texas. Additionally, Jordan provides hospice services through its partnership with CIMA Hospice with offices in San Antonio, El Paso, New Braunfels, and McAllen. Now with 34 locations, and growing, serving nearly 14,000 clients, Jordan Health Services is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.

“This business combination makes complete sense in today’s healthcare environment where providers need to work together in order to offer the most cost-effective delivery with the utmost quality and service our clients expect and deserve.” said Lance Cornell, President of Jordan Health Services. “We look forward to bringing the outstanding reputation and staff of Tritrax Healthcare Services into the Jordan family and broadening our service delivery capabilities to the people of the Metroplex.”

Jordan will continue to operate branch offices in Addison and Arlington under the leadership of Dawn Mendiola, MSPT, BBA, Administrator. Through this partnership, additional offices in Denton and Waxahachie are in the process of being opened.

About Jordan Health Services
Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the state of Texas. Additionally, Jordan provides hospice services through its partnership with CIMA Hospice with offices in San Antonio, El Paso, New Braunfels, and McAllen. Now with 34 locations, and growing, serving nearly 14,000 clients, Jordan Health Services is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.

About Tritrax Healthcare Services
Tritrax Healthcare Services is a leading provider of licensed and certified home health services throughout the DFW Metroplex.

About Jordan Health Services
Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the great state of Texas. Additionally, Jordan provides hospice services through its partnership with CIMA Hospice with offices in San Antonio, El Paso, New Braunfels, and McAllen. Now with 34 locations, and growing, serving nearly 14,000 clients, Jordan Health Services is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.
About SMC Home Health
SMC was founded in 2008 by Susan and Paul Marberry in Fairfield, TX. The organization has grown in a short period of time to become known as an outstanding provider of home health care serving a broad base of clients across 13 counties.
For more information, please contact:Lance Cornell, CPA, Presidentlcornell@jhsi.com

By KELLY GOOCH
Staff Writer

While some residents are busy this week returning gifts, Julie Lindsey is buying gifts to help others ring in the New Year with flare and fireworks.

The Tyler resident, who works as a manager with Jordan Health Services, set out with co-worker Allison Taucher on Tuesday to buy fireworks to be put inside goodie bags for nurses, social workers and others she works with so they feel appreciated. The bags will contain items that are fun and harmless such as sparklers and little smoke bombs, Ms. Lindsey said.

“It’s just something that we’ve always done, and it’s a little treat people enjoy receiving,” she said after buying fireworks at Pappy’s Fireworks on Spur 248. “It just kind of brightens their day.”

Ms. Lindsey and Ms. Taucher are just some of the residents who will purchase fireworks for the upcoming New Year holiday, sales that were threatened by the past year’s drought, which resulted in burn bans. Many of the bans, including in Smith County, have been lifted.

Business was down as the winter firework selling season began earlier this month, but suppliers expect people to show up later this week to make their New Year’s purchases.

On Monday afternoon, at least several Tyler locations had not had a buyer come by, which sellers attributed to rain and it being the day after Christmas.

Sales typically open up on Dec. 20 or Dec. 21 and run through the first of the year. In the summer, sales take place in late June and early July leading up to the Fourth of July holiday.

Dominique Garcia, general manager at Best Buy Fireworks on Spur 364, said sales in general aren’t as good this year as they have been in previous years.

“The drought’s been so terrible,” she said. “We usually do well in July and New Year’s, but this year is slower (because of) the economy and drought. …

“Sales have just dropped a lot because of the drought we went through. I think the economy is picking up slowly, but it’s going to take time.”

Each year, the store likely sells about 10 cases of fireworks in the winter, she said, and she expects this year to end up at the same amount. New Year’s typically brings in about $18,000 for the store.

At Pappy’s Fireworks on Spur 364, manager Jonathan Edwards said business has been OK.

“The weather’s been messing us up, but hopefully by the end of this week, things will be dry and make up for it all,” he said Monday.

The stand usually sells most of its stock, including the popular artillery shells.

Edwards said he does not believe the drought has had an impact on winter sales, but the stand limited fireworks it sold this summer. Even so, he said summer sales, which are typically double winter sales, were not that different from previous years.

Cindy Rice, whose son owns Lone Star Fireworks off of Spur 248, said Monday that business was slow, but it always is around Christmas. She didn’t expect sales to pick up until Thursday. At the Lone Star stand, about $8,000 worth of fireworks is sold for New Year’s, and Ms. Rice hopes for the same this year.

She said the drought already affected summer sales, which did not include rockets and missiles because of area burn bans. The stand likely sold about $10,000 less in sales this summer compared to previous years.

“People were so afraid of the drought,” Ms. Rice said. But for New Year’s, she said she doesn’t think people will be as afraid to shoot fireworks because of the rain that has come to East Texas.

For those who do buy fireworks, fire and firework store officials have some safety advice.

Ms. Garcia said residents should make sure they’re in a well-open area that has received rain. That way, the ground is damp and a fire potential is minimized.

She also advised residents to make sure water is on hand.

Smith County Assistant Fire Marshal Oren Hale said all fireworks should be used by adults or with adult supervision.

Although the county is in fairly good condition because of recent rain, people also still need to be careful where they shoot fireworks, he said.

Residents should not shoot fireworks toward a house or building, and the area should be cleared of tall grass and debris, Hale said.

"We are excited to partner with CIMA to expand Jordan’s clinical offering and service area," said Dean Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Jordan. "This partnership is a major step in our strategy of providing the full continuum of in-home care of which hospice is an important component," continued Mr. Holland. "Adding CIMA Hospice to Jordan will be a great complement to our home health business, as well as provide for the addition of an outstanding well regarded team of professionals.”

“We are very happy about joining forces with Jordan,” said Ruben Perez, co-founder of CIMA, and a new participant on the board, "Jordan has an excellent reputation as a leading home healthcare provider and we are creating a stronger company that will deliver high-quality, compassionate care to our patients and their families as well as the highest level of service to our referral sources and the communities we serve."

Rafael Ortiz, Principal at Palladium Equity Partners, "We at Palladium and Jordan are excited to partner with Ruben, David and CIMA’s managers and employees to support the expansion of their hospice operations across Jordan’s service areas."

About Jordan Health Services
Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the entire state of Texas. With over 12,000 employees in 28 locations serving thousands of clients, Jordan Health Services is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.

About CIMA Hospice
Headquartered in San Antonio, TX, CIMA is a provider of hospice services with four locations serving Southwestern Texas markets. The Company has expanded successfully in its service areas primarily based on providing high quality, responsive care to patients who are appropriate for hospice and meeting the needs of local physicians, skilled nursing facilities, and other referral sources.

About Palladium Equity Partners
Palladium Equity Partners targets investments in business services companies as well as in financial services, consumer/retail, food/restaurants, healthcare, manufacturing, and media businesses. Palladium has a focus on companies that are well-positioned to capitalize on the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic market. The principals of Palladium have directed investments of over $2.0 billion of equity in more than 60 portfolio companies over the last two decades.

Welcome to the team!

Lance Cornell - President

Welcome to the team!

Lance Cornell - President

NEW YORK, NY (December 27, 2010) —Palladium Equity Partners, LLC, a private equity firm based in New York focused on investments in the U.S. Hispanic marketplace, announced today that one of its affiliates has acquired Jordan Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (“Jordan”). Terms were not disclosed.

Founded in 1975, Jordan is one of the largest providers of home healthcare in Texas. Jordan offers home health services to pediatric and adult patients, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the state.

Roy Serpa, CEO of Jordan Health Services, said, “Over the past 35 years, our Company has grown from a family-run, Medicaid-focused operation into one of the leading professionally-managed diversified home healthcare providers in the attractive Texas market. With this transaction, we will be positioned to pursue growth initiatives, including regional expansion and an increased focus on more skilled healthcare.”

David Perez, Managing Director of Palladium Equity Partners, LLC said, “Jordan is well known throughout Texas as one of the premier regional providers of home healthcare services. The Company has a strong management team who over the last five years has built a robust operating platform and has successfully executed on its growth strategy. We look forward to partnering with management to pursue additional opportunities.”

About Jordan Health Services
Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care, home management and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible patients throughout the entire state of Texas. With over 12,000 employees in 28 locations serving thousands of clients, Jordan Health Services is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.

About Palladium Equity Partners
Palladium Equity Partners, LLC, along with its affiliates (“Palladium”) targets investments in business services companies as well as in financial services, consumer/retail, food/restaurants, healthcare, manufacturing, and media businesses. Palladium has a focus on companies that are well-positioned to capitalize on the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic market. The principals of Palladium have directed investments of over $2.0 billion of equity in more than 60 portfolio companies over the last two decades. For more information about Palladium, please visit www.palladiumequity.com.

Contacts:

Palladium Equity Partners
Jeff Taufield / Lyndsey Estin
Kekst & Company
212-521-4800

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

Upholding a standard of living that will keep one’s brain in tip-top shape is important for many reasons. Maintaining cognitive health will help one live a longer and more pleasant life. It will ensure that one is able to perform daily activities, prevent diseases, and enjoy life to its fullest. So what steps should we take to preserve a healthy brain?

First, it is important to eat a brain-healthy diet. A diet that reduces the risk of heart disease and diabetes, while maintaining a healthy weight is good for our brain. This means reducing foods high in fat and cholesterol and including more protective foods. These are things like dark skinned fruits and vegetables, foods high in omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants.

Staying physically active is also very important. Physical activity helps maintain essential blood flow to the brain. In addition to this it can help prevent heart attack, stroke, and diabetes therefore reducing the risk of dementia. Taking part in physical activity that also involves a mental activity is even more beneficial. And aerobic activity has been shown to reduce brain cell loss in the elderly.

Lastly it is imperative to stay socially active. Research shows that mental decline as we age appears to be much in part to changes in brain cell connections. Staying socially active reduces stress levels which help maintain healthy connections between brain cells.

To keep your brain active daily:
• Stay curious and involved
• Read, write, do crossword and other puzzles
• Attend lectures and plays
• Enroll in courses at your local adult education center or other community group
• Garden
• Try memory exercises

These are all positive steps that can be taken towards a lifestyle that supports a healthy brain. And be sure and ask your doctor what else you can do. If you have questions-ASK!
For more information about Jordan call 800.64.NURSE (800.646.8773) or go to jhsi.com.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

During the recession, Inc. 5000 companies generate $322 billion in revenue, up 50 percent over last year

Mount Vernon, TX — September 2, 2010 — Jordan Health Services is proud to announce the Company has earned a position in the 2010 Inc. 5000, Inc.’s annual exclusive ranking of the fastest growing privately owned companies in America. The list represents a comprehensive look at one of the most important segments of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. As an Inc. 5000 honoree, Jordan Health Services shares this title with such prominent alumni as Zappos, Clif Bar, Under Armour, Microsoft, and Timberland.

Despite the fact that most of this year’s measuring period of 2006-2009 took place during the latest recession, aggregate revenue among the companies on the list actually increased to $321.6 billion, up more than 50 percent from last year. The effects of the recession are seen, however, in the median three-year growth rate, which dropped to 96 percent from last year’s 126 percent. This year’s Inc. 5000 employ a record 1.4 million people, up from one million on last year’s list. With unemployment remaining stubbornly high, policymakers and business leaders will do well to look to the Inc. 5000 companies for fresh ideas on achieving growth and creating jobs.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/5000.

“The leaders of the companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression,” said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. “The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.”

Methodology

The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2006 to 2009. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by June 30, 2006. Additionally, they had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2009. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2006 is $80,000; the minimum for 2009 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. The top 10 percent of companies on the list constitute the Inc. 500, now in its 29th year.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

The Best Boss in Franklin County in 2010, according to the readers of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald is Mike Jordan. That distinction is quite remarkable when you claim approximately 11,000 employees, of which approximately 300 are based in Franklin County.

"It is easy to be a good boss when you have such great people working for you," Mr. Jordan said. "When you have as many long term employees as we have, everything works smoothly."

Mr. Jordan graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1965. He earned his bachelors in business administration from East Texas State University in 1970. He was in the office equipment business in the Dallas area until 1979 when he returned to Mount Vernon to help with the family business.

His parents, Joe and Jean Jordan, began Jordan Health Services in 1975 as part of a pilot program for the State of Texas to try and keep people out of nursing homes. "The economy was bad in 1975. People needed jobs, and others needed care, "Mr. Jordan said. At that time, the company provided service to five counties.

Mr. Jordan bought Mission Manor Nursing Horne from his parents in 1979. They originally opened the facility in 1969. In 2000, Mr. Jordan and his siblings, Dale and Mickey, purchased the Jordan Health Services from their parents. Mike Jordan became the sole owner of the business in 2005, and doubled the size of the company in April 2006 with the purchase of Chartwell Horne Health.

Today, Jordan Health Services provides care from Beaumont up into Oklahoma and from Fort Worth and Waco to all over East Texas. As well as providing home health care, the company operates four nursing homes and four assisted living centers.

Mr. Jordan and his wife, Janet, have been married for 39 years. They have two children. Josh and his wife, Kayce, live in Mount Vernon with their children Emerson and Kate. Julianne and her husband, Jason Evans, live in the Dallas area with their children Gillis and Jordan.

In his spare time, Mr. Jordan likes to shoot skeet and hunt and fish, but he is finding that much of that time is now being spent with his grandchildren.

- Susan Reeves '10

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 15, 2010

Contact: Susan Stell, Chief Operations Officer
Jordan Health Services
214-725-0844
sstell@jhsi.com

Jordan Health Services Receives 2010 Consumer Choice Award 

Addison, Texas — June 15, 2010 — Jordan Health Services is the excited new recipient of the Dallas-Fort Worth 2010 Consumers’ Choice Award in the Home Health Care category.

In its fifth successful year in the DFW area, Consumers’ Choice Award recipients were identified through a comprehensive and objective survey recently conducted by Survey Sampling International, a global leader in consumer polling.

Only one other Home Health company received an award in this category.

According to Susan Stell, Chief Operations Officer, "Jordan's team of professionals in the Dallas metroplex ensure individuals in need of nursing and therapy are able to receive care in their own home. We are very proud of our team!” In 2009, Jordan received Home Care Elite recognition, a national award placing the agency in the top 25% of some 10,000 agencies in the U.S. based on patient satisfaction and outcomes.

About Jordan: Our mission is to be”…the leading healthcare provider by providing quality, ethical, cost-effective care delivered by the most qualified, best trained professionals working in a rewarding family-oriented environment.”

Founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients in Texas. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

What is diabetes and who gets it? Diabetes is a chronic progressive disease that occurs when the body cannot produce or respond to insulin in the correct way. If left untreated, this can result in diabetic complications and death. But there is good news! People with diabetes can make changes to control the disease and lower the likelihood of complications.

If you’re not sure what to do next, Jordan Health Services could be your answer. Jordan’s Living Well with Diabetes program is a comprehensive program designed to teach the diabetic patient how to manage this complicated disease. Our team of nurses will teach you on the importance of ... Meds, Meals, and Moves. Within the first 90-days, you will be on your way to controlling your blood sugars and feeling better!

Meds
Medication management is an important part of controlling your blood sugar. Whether you’re taking pills or insulin, Jordan can teach you when and how to use these medications correctly. Scared of learning to give your own insulin shot? Our nursing team is here to guide and support you.

Meals
Diabetes does not prevent you from enjoying the foods you still love, but it is important to maintain a balanced diet to stay healthy. It is also important for a person with diabetes not to skip meals. This will prevent your blood sugar levels from getting too low. As a participant in the Living Well with Diabetes program, you will learn how to count carbs and plan meals. Our in home one-on-one teaching gives you the tools you need to live a healthy normal life with diabetes.

Moves
While exercise is important to everyone, it is even more vital for people with diabetes. This can mean anything from gardening to taking a short walk. Exercise will make living with diabetes more manageable. You will learn how to exercise safely and achieve your goal of a healthier lifestyle.

Taking care of your diabetes is also important in preventing other health complications that diabetes can cause over time. Without proper care, high blood sugars can lead to problems with your eyes, nerves, kidneys, gums and teeth, and heart. By working with Jordan’s health care team you can safely reduce your risk of further health problems.

Diabetes is a serious disease, but you don’t have to let it control your life. You have a lot to live for and lots of memories to make. Let Jordan provide in-home health care so you won’t miss a moment! If you have Medicare and qualify for home health, Jordan could be the answer you’ve been looking for. Please contact us at 1-800-64-NURSE (1-800-646-8773) for a free consultation.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

Contact:Susan Stell, Chief Operations Officer
Jordan Health Services
214-725-0844
sstell@jhsi.com

Mount Vernon, Texas — April 20, 2010 — Jordan Health Services announced the newest addition to its Living Well disease management programs. Living Well with Diabetes is a comprehensive program designed to teach the diabetic patient how to manage this complicated disease.

“I am confident with the rollout of Jordan’s newest clinical program, we are going to be able to impact our patients in a very positive way and help them take control of their disease,” said Susan Stell, the Company’s Chief Operations Officer.

Patients Learn Vital Care Information
As a patient you will learn how to use Meds Meals and Moves; basic concept that teach patients the importance of medication management, carb counting and meal planning, as well as safe exercise. Jordan’s Living Well with Diabetes program will also prepare the patient for things like blood glucose monitoring, foot care, insulin administration, and more.

Diabetes Educator
Jordan is also excited to introduce Frankie Washburn, RN, CDE, COS-C. Frankie is a certified Diabetic Educator with 20 years experience in home care. She is just one part of a caring team of qualified clinicians at Jordan Health Services who are ready to assist in the management of diabetes.

Founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients in Texas. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

Left to right; Staci Vanveckhoven, Jennifer Cooper, Pam Phelps, Mechelle Frederick, Shay Dozier, Betty Allen, Jennifer Gobert, and Randy Sayers. Photo by Mike Lout.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

“The staff loves their new office. It’s clean, dry, and they feel safer, after having several break-ins in the old office,” said Frankie Washburn, DON.

Jordan has been in business for over 35 years and is becoming one of the largest home health company’s in Texas. They are excited about the new location and the changes it will bring.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975.  The company also services Miller County in Arkansas.  Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas.  Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

Arlington CCS & Pediatrics

Mt. Pleasant Pediatrics

San Antonio CCSLeft to right:  Dora Sandoval, Keamber Barton, Nettie Karosi, Rebecca Negrete, Carla Yeates, and Jackie Neff 

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975.  The company also services Miller County in Arkansas.  Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas.  Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

The Expert Design Forum will be a highly interactive session that will run from 2:00 PM to nearly midnight on the first day and from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM on the second. The goal of the National Forum is to generate best practices, strategies, tips, etc. to help clinicians more accurately complete the new OASIS-C form.  The final report and recommendations will be available at no cost to all agencies in the country by the third week in December.

Lisa provides clinical support to all Jordan business lines.  She is a proven leader and clinical expert in the Medicare home care arena which has led to her selection to participate in this nationwide project.  Jordan is honored to have her represent the entire organization.
 

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975.  The company also services Miller County in Arkansas.  Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas.  Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

Employees from left to right: Brenda Hammond, Meredith Reed, Tiffany Wade, Bobbie Dove, Farris Wilkerson, Sherry Arnet, Jewella Cooper, Rebekah Gregory & Anida Reed

Employees from left to right: Mitzi Cameron & Patti Shoemake

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975.  The company also services Miller County in Arkansas.  Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas.  Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

Contact:
Susan Stell, Chief Operations Officer
Jordan Health Services
903-537-8717
sstell@jhsi.com

Jordan Health Services Named to 2009 HomeCare Elite as a Top Home Health Care Provider

Mount Vernon, Texas, October 21, 2009 — Jordan Health Services today announced that it has been named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite™, 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. Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement, and financial performance.

“The 2009 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level,” said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS HomeCare. "We congratulate Jordan on being one of the top home care agencies in the country."

Jordan’s Roy Serpa, CEO, credits a dedicated team of clinical and non-clinical employees and a focus on quality service delivery with the company’s ability to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. He said, Jordan has been providing home care services in Texas for over 34 years. We have never been more proud of our home care team. We are especially proud that many of our locations have been named to the HomeCare Elite listing in both 2008 & 2009.”

“DecisionHealth would like to congratulate the top HomeCare Elite agencies that achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes by providing quality care to their patients,” adds Marci Heydt, executive editor of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Line.

The 2009 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2009 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. The data used for this analysis was compiled from publicly available information. The entire list of the 2009 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS Web site at www.ocshomecare.com.

About Jordan Health Services
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975. The company also services Miller County in Arkansas. Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas. Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

About OCS HomeCare
OCS HomeCare empowers home health and hospice organizations with results-driven data intelligence, plus the largest and most accurate homecare database in the industry. Homecare providers, payers, associations, government agencies, vendors, and consultants all turn to OCS to elevate decision-making, raise the bar on results, and bring home positive outcomes. For more information about OCS HomeCare, please visit www.ocshomecare.com or call 888.325.3396.

About DecisionHealth®
For more than 30 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry's leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with cutting edge information sources such as Part B News, Home Health Line, Medicare Compliance Alert, Inside the Joint Commission and Specialty Coders Pink Sheets. Our unique blend of award-winning, on-staff journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers, healthcare organization managers and their revenue-cycle staffs enables us to provide solutions, tools and guidance that’s relied on by nearly 100,000 home health care and specialty physician practice professionals. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877.602.3835.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975.  The company also services Miller County in Arkansas.  Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas.  Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.

About Jordan Health Services:
Jordan is an industry leader and prominent provider of home health services to both Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients, servicing the citizens of Texas since 1975.  The company also services Miller County in Arkansas.  Jordan is licensed to provide home care services by both the State of Texas and State of Arkansas.  Jordan is continuing to expand its services through acquisitions and internal growth.