Why should I refer patients to THE MEDICAL TEAM?

Referring physicians, case managers, discharge planners and social workers can count on our responsiveness, effective communication of patient status and outcomes, and our determination to streamline the referral process.

Responsiveness: Following your referral, THE MEDICAL TEAM can turn around service for the patient within 24-48 hours.

Communication of patient status and outcomes: THE MEDICAL TEAM works closely with you to implement your plan of care and provides regular updates on the patient’s progress.

Efficient referral process: Make just one call for all home health related services. We are on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Recognized as one of the most successful home care providers: 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.

THE MEDICAL TEAM is:

• A Medicare and Medicaid certified home health agency
• Licensed and bonded
• Accredited by JCAHO (San Antonio location) and CHAP (Brownsville and Austin, Texas and Livonia and Flint, Michigan locations)

Our care providers are:

• Trained and certified
• Fully screened
• Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Trained to handle patient information in a confidential manner to guarantee HIPAA compliance