Florida Home Health Achieves Top-25 Ranking On Forbes' 200 Best Small Companies

Florida Home Health, owned and operated by Almost Family, announced recently that it has been ranked No. 24 in Forbes' 2008 listing of the 200 Best Small Companies in America, rising from No. 77 ranking in 2007.

"We're thrilled to have moved so far up the listing in only one year, reflecting the continued commitment and dedication of our employees and the execution of our growth strategy," said William B. Yarmuth, president and CEO of Almost Family Inc.

To qualify for the list, companies had to have shown a consistent pattern of positive growth over the past 12 months and also over a five-year period. Forbes selected companies with revenues between 5 million and $750 million, net profit margins greater than 5 percent and share prices above $5 as of Sept. 29, 2008.

Florida Home Health has been serving the patients and physicians of Highlands County for more than two years. The agency is a Medicare certified, JCAHO-accredited home health company that specialize in home nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychiatric nursing and medical social work.

Almost Family Inc., founded in 1976, is a leading provider of home health nursing services, with branch locations in Florida, Kentucky, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, Alabama, Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Indiana (in order of revenue significance). Almost Family Inc. and its subsidiaries operate more than 90 branch locations in 11 US states.