June 11 , 2001

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Raymond Abrahamsen
Director of Communications
856-231-1000 x161
e-mail:rabrahamsen@bayada.com
Bayada Nurses Opens Medicaid Division Serving Passaic and Bergen Counties

Hackensack, NJ - Bayada Nurses is pleased to announce the opening of a new division that will serve Medicaid patients in Bergen and Passaic counties. The division will operate out of Bayada's Hackensack office (located at 90 Main Street) and will be under the direction of Robin Thomson.

The Medicaid division will provide a broad spectrum of home care services (including skilled nursing, personal care, and long-term care) and features bilingual staff members fluent in both Spanish and English. Only Medicaid cases will be accepted, and referrals are accepted 24 hours a day. In addition to home care services, the division also provides training and community outreach programs. The training programs are designed for people interested in becoming home health aides (HHA) or certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who want to become dually certified.

The decision to open the division was made after Bayada Nurses offices began receiving an increasing number of Medicaid cases within the region. "Bergen and Passaic Counties have a large Medicaid community, and Bayada wanted to better meet their needs," says Thomson. "Medicaid clients in the region will soon learn why our employees are called Heroes on the Home Front."

Thomson has more than 10 years of home care experience as well as a strong marketing background. In prior positions, she was instrumental in starting-up health care offices in Passaic County.

Founded in 1975 by J. Mark Baiada, Bayada Nurses is an independently owned home health care agency that employs more than 6,000 RNs, LPNs, home health aides, and therapists working from more than 65 offices in 11 states.

For more information about the Medicaid services division, please call 973-925-9500 (in Passaic County) or 201-343-0867 (in Bergen County). For more information on Bayada Nurses, visit the Bayada Nurses web site at www.bayada.com.

For an electronic copy this press release, send an e-mail to jlabunetz@bayada.com.


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