Awards

2012 Associate Recognition at the Annual Awards Dinner

CHCS honored four associates of the quarter and scholarship receipants alongside 78 associates who celebrated their employment anniversaries for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years.  The combined health care experience of the recipients totaled 930 years.

2011 Governor’s Award of Excellence Finalist

Community HealthCare System was named one of five finalists for the Governor’s Award of Excellence—the top award given to a business by the state—as part of Business Appreciation Month, the Department of Commerce's annual celebration of Kansas businesses and their contributions to their communities and the state economy.

2011 KU Medical Center Nursing: Heart of Healthcare Award

Established in 1989, the Nursing: Heart of Healthcare Award winners, ten nurses from across the State of Kansas, are chosen based on what they do that is amazing, or above and beyond the call of duty, and their commitment to their profession, peer and patients’. CHCS boasts four winners.

2011 U.S. News & World Report–Best Nursing Homes in Kansas

St. Marys Manor was congratulated by Shawn Sullivan, Kansas Secretary of Aging, on receiving a Five-Star Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a listing in U.S. News & World Report of Best Nursing Homes in Kansas.

2011 OSHA SHARP: Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program

The On-site Consultation Program’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) recognizes employers who operate an exemplary safety and health management system. CHCS’s acceptance into SHARP from OSHA is an achievement of status that singles CHCS out among business peers as a model for worksite safety and health.

2011 Associate Recognition at the Annual Awards Dinner

CHCS honored four associates of the quarter, alongside 47 associates who celebrated their employment anniversaries for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years. The combined health care experience of the recipients totaled 495 years.

2011 HomeCare Elite–Top 500 Home Care Agency in the Nation

Community HomeHealth has been recognized by HomeCare Elite as one of the top 500 home care agencies in the nation as ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.

2010 Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development–Business Development Leader of the Year

CHCS was selected Business Development Leader of the Year by the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development/Kansas State Extension Service, for its entrepreneurial role in forming strategic alliances and partnerships to bring high-quality health care to rural Kansans.