Rockville, Md. -- HomeCall Hospice Services, Inc. (HomeCall Hospice), a subsidiary of Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc. (MAMSI, one of the mid-Atlantic region’s largest managed care companies), recently received JCAHO Accreditation and Medicare certification for its operations in Maryland and Virginia. HomeCall Hospice received Medicare certification for its operations in Maryland earlier this year.

JCAHO reviews health care facilities and assesses their quality of care. JCAHO Accreditation symbolizes HomeCall Hospice’s commitment to quality health care services.

With Medicare certification, HomeCall Hospice can provide affordable, high quality home-based hospice services to the public at large, the commercially insured as well as Medicare beneficiaries.

"I am proud of HomeCall Hospice’s achievements," said Gretchen Murdza, CEO of HomeCall, Inc. and President of HomeCall Hospice Services, Inc. and HomeCall Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. "HomeCall Hospice compliments the home-based services offered through our three HomeCall companies and offers our clients a complete continuum of home-based care."

HomeCall Hospice is one of three HomeCall companies that also include HomeCall, Inc. and HomeCall Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. HomeCall is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MAMSI, dedicated to providing the full continuum of home health services. This includes skilled nursing care, home infusion services, and pharmacy services.