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Theresa Hinds

Licenses and Accreditation: BSN, RN, OCN

Experience: 27 years of experience in the healthcare field

Hobbies or Special Interests: Theresa recently traveled to London, Paris and Italy with her children and sister; a trip of a lifetime. She has never been to a Starbucks! Theresa enjoys traveling, reading, gardening, and anything outside, as well as spending time with her children. Theresa has always wanted to be a nurse. Her mother is a nurse and even as a little girl, she wanted to be like her mother and help people.

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Sarah Beaty

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 8 years of experience in the healthcare field

Hobbies or Special Interests: Sarah enjoys watching her daughter play basketball and supporting her husband’s truck pulling.

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Sheila Sisco

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 22 years of experience in the healthcare field; 6 years with Quality Home Health

Special Positions: Worked as ADON then DON in a skilled nursing facility; worked as a team leader

Hobbies or Special Interests: Sheila has always enjoyed working with geriatric patients. She enjoys gardening, reading, crocheting and spending time with family.

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Melody Miller

Licenses and Accreditation: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

Experience: 17 years of experience in the healthcare field

Special Positions: co-chair of the Upper Cumberland Adult Abuse Coalition

Hobbies or Special Interests: Melody is a Disney fanatic! She loves to travel, spend time with her husband and two daughters, and is also a Girl Scout leader.

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Lisa Beaty

Licenses or Accreditation: RN and BSN

Hobbies: Spending time with her family, arts and crafts

Lisa enjoys working in home health because she feels she can truly make a difference in people’s lives by helping to improve their overall health and at the same time being able to form a closer, more personal bond with the patient. Lisa’s patients really are like family to her. She specifically enjoys working in the Telehealth program because the goal is to improve quality of life and health by decreasing

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Jansen Melton

Licenses and Accreditation: RN, BSN

Experience: 15 years of experience in the healthcare field

Hobbies or Special Interests: Jansen is very outgoing and loves to talk. Her hobbies are her family (her husband and two daughters). She enjoys sports and considers herself a sports enthusiast. Jansen was an oncology nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center prior to moving to Knoxville. When in Knoxville, she was an oncology nurse at East TN Children’s Hospital and was recognized in 2005 as one of the top nurses in the Knoxville area. She joined Quality Home Health in 2006 and fell in love with taking care of patients at home. These patients ARE Just Like Family!

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Hilda Pennycuff

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 42 years of experience in the healthcare field; 26 years with Quality Home Health

Hobbies or Special Interests: Hilda enjoys hunting, gardening and sky gazing. She has been married for 39 years and they are members of the Pinehaven Baptist Church. Hilda worked at Jamestown Regional Medical Center for 15 years before coming to Quality Home Health in 1991.

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Irene Norman

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 40 years of experience in the healthcare field

Hobbies or Special Interests: Irene enjoys gardening and spending time with her family. She has worked for Quality Home Health for 32 years.

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Sue Sims

Licenses and Accreditation: RN; ICU and CCU certified

Experience: 30 years of experience in the healthcare field; 5 years in Hospice

Special Positions: Director of Nursing at Life Care; Director of Patient Services Wartburg and Harriman offices

Hobbies or Special Interests: Sue tries to find something good in everyone. She enjoys spending time with her 9 grandchildren and going to church. Sue was born in Kokomo, IN. Her maternal grandparents were Amish. Sue has three daughters and one son; she and her husband have been together almost 40 years.

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Krystal Ford

Title: Director of Patient Services, Cookeville

Licenses or Accreditation: RN and BSN

Hobbies: Spending time with her family, husband and two children, reading, and any outdoor activities

Krystal is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in nursing with a concentration in informatics.

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Leesa Fry

Licenses and Accreditation: RN, BSN, COC-C

Experience: 34 years of experience in the healthcare field; 27 years with Quality Home Health

Hobbies or Special Interests: Leesa enjoys gardening, outdoors, and spending time with family. She decided to become a nurse after staying with her ill grandmother in the hospital.

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Sandy Bell

Licenses and Accreditation: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

Experience: 30 years of experience in senior healthcare

Hobbies or Special Interests: Sandy has a passion for helping seniors find the assistance they need to live a better life! She enjoys hiking the Great Smoky Mountains and enjoys the blue waters of the Caribbean. Sandy has been part of the Quality family for a decade. She is proud to be part of a company that cares so much about their patients and employees.

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Barbara Dale

Licenses and Accreditation: CWOCN, CHHN, COS-C

Experience: 32 years of experience in the healthcare field; 30 years in nursing; 16 years in home health, 13 years as CWOCN

Special Positions: Active volunteer since 2007 with WOCN Society both regional and national level, editorial board HomeHealth Care Now journal. Have recently served on DHHS (CMS) technical expert panels x5 for post-acute care reform.

Hobbies or Special Interests: Barbara has an odd/dry sense of humor and uses humor for therapeutic nursing care and education. Her real hobbies are her grandbabies, Mercy and Harrison. Barbara is a firm believer in research and evidence based practice. She is a strong patient advocate always seeking the best care and outcomes for our patients, but also tries to be a good steward of business expenses so that she can do her part to help keep our agency in the forefront of providing our patients with the most cost effective optimal current WOC care possible.

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Mary Ellen Leach

Title: Clinical Manager

Licenses or Accreditation: RN

Hobbies: Reading, gardening, and spending time with her family

Maryellen has been a nurse since 1970. She worked as an LPN until 1985 in several areas of hospital work, including IV Therapy, med-surgery, recovery, ER, AND OB. She started work with Quality in Oct. 1983 part-time doing visits. Maryellen then received her RN degree in 1985 and began working for Quality full-time.

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Denise Wright

Licenses and Accreditation: RN, BSN, Certified Case Manager (CCM), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Homecare Coding Specialist (HCS-D), Oasis Specialist (COS-C), Certified Gerontological Nurse

Experience: 33 years of experience in the healthcare field

Special Positions: Served as President of Tennessee Homecare Association 2006 and member of the Board

Hobbies or Special Interests: Denise enjoys playing the piano and traveling.

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Ashley Sirmans

Licenses and Accreditation: RN, BSN

Experience: 6 years of experience in the healthcare field

Hobbies or Special Interests: Ashley enjoys spending time with her family, crafts and makeup.

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Lee Armstrong

Title: PTA, Business Development

Licenses or Accreditation: PTA

Hobbies: Agriculture and Outdoor Activities

Lee is very passionate about helping others and finds his job at Quality Home Health very fulfilling because he is able to improve the quality of life for others.

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Thom Mills

Licenses and Accreditation: BBA – Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in accounting and a minor in management.

Experience: CEO of The Anesis Group since 1986. Became Interim Administrator of Quality Home Health in August 2004, and in 2005 became Administrator while still remaining active as a consultant. Early career involvement with Tennessee Department of Health, overseeing the financials for 13 health departments and one primary care center.

Special Positions: TAHC President Elect, President, Past President (2013-2016); TAHC Type I Board Member (2011-2013); HS&DA Home Health and Hospice Representative (July 2012 to 2018); TAHC Home Health Advisory Group member (two years served as Chair); Chair of TAHC Entertainment Committee; TAHC Co-Chairman for Annual Grassroots Campaign (2011 & 2012); speaker at numerous state homecare associations and NAHC; School Board, Concord Christian School.

Hobbies or Special Interests: Thom is focused, driven and disciplined in everything he does. He enjoys boating, hiking and travel.

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Joel Ross

Licences & Accrediations: Certified Public Accountant

Hobbies: Basketball, Football, and Shooting the Breeze

Joel’s 29 years of service speaks volumes about him and his commitment to Quality. One of the things he loves most about his job is his work environment and getting to work with a great staff of people.

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Vivian Terry

Licenses and Accreditation: BSN, RN, AAPC Certified Professional Coder, ANCC: Certified Gerontological Nurse

Experience: 33 years of experience in the healthcare field

Special Positions: President of TAHC 2010-2011, TAHC Board Member 2006-2010

Hobbies or Special Interests: Vivian urges everyone to be happy for this moment; this moment is your life. She has a special interest in the future of homecare, a health care plan to help individuals and families to be provided more of their needs in the home setting. It is better for America!

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Kimberly Taylor

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 24 years of experience in the healthcare field

Hobbies or Special Interests: Kimberly enjoys reading, travel and going to the movies. She loves spending time with her family. She has one son, two daughters and a new grandson. She has worked for Quality Home Health for most of her career as a nurse. Quality Home Health is the best company she has ever worked with.

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Tammy McClellan

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 22 years of experience in the healthcare field; over 11 years at Quality Home Health

Special Positions: Serves on the Homecare Homebase Committee

Hobbies or Special Interests: Tammy writes short stories for the Clinton County News in Albany, KY. She loves to camp and boat, and is the proud owner of two dachshunds, Ooty and Rocky.

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Kandace Barbee

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 6 years of healthcare experience

Hobbies or Special Interests: Kandace enjoys vegetable and flower gardening, traveling, spending time with family and fishing.

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Lisa Bryant

Title: Director of Patient Services, Livingston & Byrdstown

Licenses or Accreditation: RN

Experience: 27 years in healthcare

Hobbies & Special Interests: Attending church, traveling, & spending time with family.

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Sharon Keagle

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 22 years of experience in the healthcare field; 17 in skilled care and 5 years in home health

Special Positions: 8 years in skilled rehab center; 6 years as CEO/Administrator for skilled rehab

Hobbies or Special Interests: Sharon enjoys boating, camping and traveling with family. She has dedicated most of her adult life to caring for the sick and elderly in all fields of nursing and has found that home health has been the most rewarding experience she has had.

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Tina Waters

Licenses and Accreditation: Business/Accounting, Human Resource Management, AMA

Experience: 22 years of experience in the healthcare field

Hobbies or Special Interests: Tina enjoys spending time with family and friends, attending church, watching football and volunteering. Her husband, Craig, is the Chaplain at Quality Hospice. They have two sons – Blake and Colby.

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Jodi McAbee

Licenses and Accreditation: Bachelors in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and Master of Arts in Educational Psychology and Counseling

Experience: 14 years of marketing experience

Special Positions: PAC Consultant, certified in Dementia Care Education and Awareness

Hobbies or Special Interests: Jodi is passionate and has a high commitment to excellence in everything she does. She is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. Jodi loves fitness, the beach and snow skiing. She has a true love and desire to serve people.

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Beverly Wattenbarger

Licenses and Accreditation: LPN

Experience: 20 years of experience in the healthcare field; 13 in home health, 7 in a specialty office

Hobbies or Special Interests: Beverly loves people, especially the geriatric population. She enjoys helping people stay in their home even if they’re sick. She enjoys reading, church, and spending time with her family.

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Bobby Stewart

Licenses and Accreditation: LPTA

Experience: 15 years of healthcare experience

Hobbies or Special Interests: Bobby is the founder of Faith for America Ministries. He has worked as an LPTA for Quality Home Health, and as Chaplain for Quality Hospice.

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Maranda West

Experience: 15 years of experience in the healthcare field

Special Positions: Hospice and DME marketing

Hobbies or Special Interests: Maranda enjoys horseback riding.

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Caroline Combs-Young

Licenses and Accreditation: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Ecology

Experience: 19 years in the senior care industry

Special Positions: member of Roane County ElderWatch, Previous Chair of East Tennessee ElderWatch Executive Committee

Hobbies or Special Interests: Caroline has been working in senior care her entire adult life. Her journey started when she was in college and got a part-time job as an in-home caregiver. She had no idea it would turn into a career! She has worked in non-medical personal care, assisted living and memory care, and home health. She has held positions in caregiving, management and marketing. Caroline enjoys cooking, reading and volunteering. She enjoys giving of her time and talents to others. One of her most favorite things to do is to create a meal for the people she loves.

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Kimberly Girbert

Experience: 33 years of experience in Rx sales and management

Special Positions: Past President of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and one of the original founding members. Often used as a liaison between newly diagnosed diabetics and their physicians. Was a stroke educator for large corporation and hospitals. Was a patient advocate for nearly 14 years and initially covered 27 states fighting for the rights of patients and finding them the help they desperately needed. All of these positions play a huge roll in how she helps to educate the community while working at Quality Home Health! Kimberly is the Facilitator of the Loudon County Interagency group meeting, creating awareness and education for those that live, work or have an interest in Loudon County. She firmly believes that education is the key. She tells her patients ‘you can take control of your disease or your situation, or your disease or situation will take control of you’.

Hobbies or Special Interests: Kimberly and her husband are actively involved in their church, furnishing and making breakfast for the entire church every Sunday. They are also in charge of the Greeter teams and welcoming committee. She is on the Executive Committee for CCW-Ivas for the awareness and prevention of spousal abuse. She is also one of the founders and original board members of Love I the Name of Christ. She has been married for 30 years, and has four children, 8 grandchildren, and three four-legged fur babies!

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Bryce Sexton

Licenses and Accreditation: Currently obtaining a Bachelors in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Marketing

Experience: 3 Years in the Senior Care Industry

Special Positions: Member of the Activities Board for the Oneida Senior Center, Member of the Scott County Inter-Agency Committee

Hobbies or Special Interests: Bryce enjoys spending time with her family and dogs. She also loves to hike, watch movies, bake, and travel.

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Briscoe Kuhlman

Licenses and Accreditation: Community and Physician Education Representative, Knoxville

Experience: Since 2017

Something Unique About Me: I am a combat veteran.

Hobbies or Special Interests: I love spending time with my family, being outdoors in the mountains or on the lake. I also love building things with my hands.

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Donna Qualls

Experience: 30+ Years In Business Management

Special Positions: Regional Office Manager for the National Accounting Firm and Office Administrator at Buckeye Home Medical in two locations (Cookeville & Huntsville).

Hobbies or Special Interests: I enjoy working outside, painting, horseback riding, being creative and spending time with family.

Additional Information: I have a passion for people and I am looking forward to being a part of a team that is making a difference in the community.

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Karen Houser

Primary Office Location:
Knoxville

Licenses and Accreditation: Bachelor of Science in Applied Organizational Management

Experience: 25 years in Healthcare

Hobbies or Special Interests: I enjoy singing all kinds of music and have been a member of several singing groups. I Enjoy traveling and I love animals, both large and small.

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Rhonda Young

Licenses and Accreditation: LPN

Experience: 17 years in primary care, pulmonary and orthopedics

Hobbies or Special Interests: Rhonda is attentive to each person, conscientious and always trying to improve. She enjoys family time, spending days on Dale Hollow Lake and zip-lining. Rhonda and her husband Larry have two children and three grandchildren.

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Taylor York

Licenses and Accreditation: LPN

Experience: 9 years experience in nurse management, clinical nursing and chart audits

Hobbies or Special Interests: Taylor is very outgoing and enjoys farming on their family farm. She enjoys riding Razors and spending quality time with her family. She is married to a rancher, and together they have a beautiful 2 year old daughter.

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Barb Davis

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 41 years of experience.

Special Positions: Barb began in home health in 1984 and opened Celina Home Health. She ended her career as Director of Case Management and Social Services in 2017 at CRMC.

Hobbies or Special Interests: Barb enjoys riding motorcycles, Can Am Spyder, spending time at Dale Hollow Lake and likes to have fun. She enjoys spending time with her family, time on the lake, and working on wood projects. Barb enjoys people, having fun and making others laugh. She is grounded in her faith and enjoys working in her church and singing Gospel and bluegrass music.

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Ashley Wolard

Primary Office Location: Knoxville

Experience: 12 years of experience in healthcare

Special Positions: Director of Operations for local non-profit, Marketing Coordinator for startup independent living community.

Something Unique About You: Ashley loves visiting amusement parks and the thrill of a great roller coaster.

Hobbies or Special Interests: Ashley is married with 2 young boys who keep her busy and on her toes. She is active in her church, traveling, spending time outdoors, and on the lake.

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Julie Simpson

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: 20 years of healthcare experience

Hobbies or Special Interests: Julie enjoys spending time with family & friends and retail therapy!

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Jill Jones

Licenses and Accreditation: Registered Nurse; TN Occupational License Endorsement for Education

Experience: RN since 1997; Past nursing includes med/surg, ER & supervision; Administrative roles in rural hospital include risk management; patient safety officer; regulatory compliance; quality improvement; corporate compliance officer

Special Positions: Member of the Upper Cumberland Medical Reserves Corp

Something Unique About My Character:I love teaching – in any job that I have. I also enjoy learning from others. Prior to joining Quality Hospice Care, I taught Health Science classes at a local high school.

Hobbies or Special Interests: Camping, Auctions & Traveling

Additional Information: I have 2 children – Lee & Laura

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Whitney Hamby

Licenses and Accreditation: RN

Experience: Nurse for 8 years. A part of the Quality Family of Companies for 15 years.

Hobbies or Special Interests: I volunteer at my local American Heritage Girls Troop.

Additional Information: I have one son and 2 daughters. I have been married to my husband Nick for 11 years.

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Aren Hull

Licenses and Accreditation: BSN, RN, OCN

Experience: 20 years of experience in the healthcare field, 12 years with Quality Home Health

Experience: Special Positions: I worked as a Pharmacy Tech as well as an Admissions Clerk and Charge Nurse in a hospital setting. Then, I’ve worked as a Field Nurse, Team Leader, and Assistance Clinical Manager with Quality Home Health.

Hobbies or Special Interests: I like reading, arts and crafts, being outdoors and spending time with family.

Additional Information: I’m married to Harley, and together we have 3 kids: Hannah, Mason, and Lilly.

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Kelsie Byrge

Experience: I’m a 25 year old in marketing.

Additional Information: In my down time, I love to spend time with my family and my 15 month old daughter, Remington.

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Laura Jane Dockery

Licenses and Accreditation: RN, BSN and I am currently working toward being a Certified Cardiovascular Nurse

Experience: I have been a nurse for 26 years as of May 2021. My background is 24 years of Cardiac – Most recently I worked in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab, before that I was a CVICU nurse. Prior to CVICU I worked with the cardiologists at Tennessee Heart.

Something Unique: I am usually very quiet and reserved until I get to know you. I do not like to let anyone down. I am the youngest of three girls, my sisters are 10 and 14 years older than me. I 15 great-nieces and nephews and I am very close to my nieces and their children.

Hobbies: My husband and I love to travel and hike; I love the beach and the lake. I piece quilts – I have made a total of 14 and have 2 more in the works. I love to garden and plant flowers in the Spring and Summer.

Additional Info: We have 2 children and 3 fur-babies, Basil is a 9 year old miniature dachshund and 3 month old Cavapoo, and a 10 year old calico kitty.

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