How many years has the agency been serving the community?
THE MEDICAL TEAM has been in business over 30 years.
Is the agency licensed? Some states require that providers have licenses to operate. A licensed provider has met basic legal and operating requirements mandated by the state.
THE MEDICAL TEAM meets all required licensing regulations in the states where we operate.
Is the agency certified? State certification by state health departments makes a home health provider eligible for Medicare (and sometimes Medicaid) payments. A certified provider must meet basic federal and state standards in patient care and financial management.
Each of THE MEDICAL TEAM's agencies is a Medicare/Medicaid certified home health agency.
Is the agency accredited? An accredited organization has been vetted by a national accrediting agency to ensure that it provides quality health care services.
THE MEDICAL TEAM is accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) in Austin and Brownsville, Texas and in Michigan and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in San Antonio, Texas.
Has the agency received any commendations?
In 2009, for the fourth consecutive year, the company was named to the HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top-performing Medicare-certified home health care agencies in the United States. The company's Reston, VA agency was named one of the Top 500 in the nation whose performance measures in quality improvement and financial performance are the best, and the company's Austin, TX, Brownsville, TX, San Antonio, TX, and Houma, LA agencies were ranked in the Top 25% of agencies (Data was based on publicly available information from Home Health Compare and the CMS Cost Reports.) Nearly 9,000 agencies were included in the 2009 analysis.