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1 SHPBest 2017 HOSPICE CAREGIVER SATISFACTION Award Winners List AWARD WINNERS KEY Best-of-the-Best (top overall score) Premier (top 5%) Superior (top 20%) AGENCY CITY STATE 2017 AWARD 2016 AWARD Acadian Hospice and Palliative Care Lafayette LA Accolade Hospice - Yoakum Yoakum TX Adventist Hospice Mendocino County Willits CA Alabama Hospice Care of Oxford Oxford AL Alacare Hospice Birmingham AL Amed HOS - Bluefield WV Bluefield WV Amed HOS - Cartersville GA Cartersville GA Amed HOS - Lafayette LA Lafayette LA Amed HOS - Lake Charles LA Lake Charles LA Amed HOS - Montgomery AL Montgomery AL Amed HOS - Nashville TN Nashville TN Amed HOS - San Antonio TX San Antonio TX Amed HOS - St. Clairsville OH Saint Clairsville OH Amed HOS - Toccoa GA Toccoa GA AmeraCare Family Hospice Ponchatoula LA Arkansas Home Hospice, LLC Trumann AR Aspire Hospice 3 (East) Hugo OK 1

2 Aspirus Keweenaw Home Health and Hospice Calumet MI BJC Home Care Services - Hospice Alton IL Blount Memorial Hospital Hospice Maryville TN BNB Healthcare, LLC Ridgeland MS Boone Hospital - Hospice Columbia MO Brookdale Hospice - King of Prussia Wayne PA Camellia - Hospice of Northeast MS - Tupelo Hospice Tupelo MS Camellia - Hospice of the Gulf Coast - Biloxi Hospice Gulfport MS Camellia Hospice of NE Alabama Rainbow City AL Cape Fear Valley Hospice and Palliative Care Fayetteville NC Caris Healthcare - Somerville - Milan Somerville TN Carter Healthcare - Hospice - OKC Oklahoma City OK CHI Health at Home Hospice - Williston Williston ND Childress Regional Medical Center - Hospice Childress TX CHRISTUS HomeCare - Alexandria Hospice & Palliative Care Alexandria LA CHRISTUS HomeCare Schumpert Hospice Shreveport LA Clarion Forest VNA - Hospice Clarion PA Columbia Montour Home Health Services Bloomsburg PA Comfort Care Hospice Fair Hope AL Comfort Care Hospice - Andalusia Andalusia AL Comfort Care Hospice - Brewton Brewton AL Comfort Care Hospice - Pelham Pelham AL Commonwealth Hospice of Berwick Berwick PA Community Hospice, Inc Trenton NJ Community Nurse Home Care Fairhaven MA Community Nurses - Hospice St Marys PA Community VNA Hospice Attleboro MA Concordia Hospice of Washington Washington PA 2

3 Conemaugh Hospice Johnstown PA Deaconess Hospice - Biloxi Biloxi MS Encompass Hospice of Georgia Augusta GA Encompass Hospice of Georgia Macon GA Encompass Hospice of Kansas City Lenexa KS Encompass Hospice of Texarkana Magnolia AR Erwines Hospice Kingston PA Feather River Hospice (Paradise) Paradise CA Forrest General Home Care Hospice - Hospice Hattiesburg MS GHS Hospice of the Foothills Seneca SC Grant Memorial Hospice - Petersburg Petersburg WV Halcyon Hospice - Columbia-Greenville-Spartanburg Columbia SC Halcyon Hospice - Valdosta Valdosta GA Hancock Regional Hospice Greenfield IN HealthAlliance Home Health and Hospice - Hospice Leominster MA Heart of Hospice Franklin Franklin LA Heart of Hospice Lake Charles Lake Charles LA Heartland Hospice Services, LLC Shawnee OK Heartland Hospice Services, LLC Charleston SC Heartlite Hospice - Scottsboro-Huntsville Scottsboro AL Heartlite Hospice Care - Dalton Dalton GA Heartlite Hospice Ellijay Ellijay GA Hearts for Hospice - American Fork-SLC American Fork UT Holy Redeemer Hospice, NJ Egg Harbor Twp NJ Homestead Hospice - Blairsville Blairsville GA Homestead Hospice - Jackson Jackson GA Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County Kannapolis NC Hospice Care of America Rockford IL 3

4 Hospice of Carteret County Morehead City NC Hospice of Cleveland County Shelby NC Hospice of Health First, Inc. West Melbourne FL Hospice of McDowell County Marion NC Hospice of Southwest Iowa Co Bluffs IA Hospice of the Upstate, Inc. Anderson SC Hospice of Union County-Hospice of Anson County Monroe NC Hospice Service of Lake County Lakeport CA Keller Hospice - Tuscumbia Muscle Shoals AL KentuckyOne Health VNA Health at Home Hospice - Bardstown Bardstown KY KentuckyOne Health VNA Health at Home Hospice - London London KY Kindred at Home - Hospice Rochester IN Kindred Hospice Huntsville AL Kindred Hospice Bainbridge GA Kindred Hospice Lenexa KS Kindred Hospice Marlborough MA Kindred Hospice Booneville MS Kindred Hospice Oxford MS Kindred Hospice Beaumont TX Kindred Hospice Livingston TX Kindred Hospice Waco TX Kingman Regional Medical Center - Hospice Kingman AZ Louisiana Hospice & Palliative Care of New Orleans Kenner LA Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care - Monroe Monroe LA Lourdes Hospice Lafayette LA Maryville - SSM Health at Home Hospice Maryville MO Mercy Hospice - Mt Shasta Mount Shasta CA Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association Moorestown NJ 4

5 Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center - Hospice Safford AZ MVI Hospice Youngstown OH Nashoba Nursing Service & Hospice Shirley MA Neighborhood Health West Chester PA Northern Arizona Hospice - Cottonwood Cottonwood AZ Optimal Hospice - Bakersfield Bakersfield CA Orleans Essex, VNA and Hospice, Inc Newport VT Phoenix Hospice Springfield MO Phoenix Hospice - Independence Independence MO Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care East Stroudsburg PA PruittHealth Hospice-Anderson Columbia SC SCRMC - ComfortCare Home Health & Hospice Laurel MS Silverado Hospice - Salt Lake City Murray UT Sonora Regional Hospice Sonora CA Sovah Hospice - Martinsville-Danville Danville VA Spartanburg Regional Hospice Spartanburg SC St. Joseph Hospice of Cenla, LLC Alexandria LA St. Luke's Magic Valley Home Care Twin Falls ID St. Vincent Hospice - Anderson Anderson IN Sta - Hospice Jackson MS Suncrest Home Health - Tazwell Hospice New Tazewell TN Tanner Home Health Services - Hospice Carrollton GA Texas HH Hospice - College Station College Station TX Traditional Home Health and Hospice - Hospice Dunmore PA Tri-County Hospice Services, Inc. Dexter MO Trinity Hospice - Augusta Augusta GA University of TN Medical Center Hospice Services - Morristown Morristown TN Up Health System and Hospice Escanaba MI 5

6 Visiting Nurse Home Care & Hospice of Carroll County & Western Maine North Conway NH Visiting Nurse Services of CT Bridgeport CT VNA Hospice - At-Home Denver CO VNA Valley Care Inc. Hospice Simbury CT West Virginia Hospice Buckhannon WV Wythe Hospice of Southwest Virginia Wytheville VA 6

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