Catherine Harris, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Director, Continuum Home Health
Catherine.Harris@uvahealth.org
Catherine Harris is the Home Health Director for Continuum Home Health Care in the Population Health Department. Continuum is UVA’s home health and home infusion agency, providing Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Therapy, Home Health Aides and Social Work services in the home for the adult and pediatric population throughout central Virginia. In her role as director, Catherine is responsible for program planning, organizing, oversight, staffing, financial management, and accreditation for the home health agency. As an academic home health agency, Continuum seeks to educate, share knowledge and help develop future home health clinicians.
Catherine has been with UVA Health since 2009, when she joined as a night shift nurse on the neurology unit. Catherine has over 10 years of experience in home health and home infusion, where she started as a field nurse before moving into leadership.
Catherine is an advocate for home health, educating new clinicians locally, and speaking nationally. Catherine has experience in managing the home health and home infusion revenue cycle, OASIS, ICD-10 coding, quality improvement, utilization management, and home care accreditation. Catherine’s passion is improving access to care in the home, and creating environments where clinicians can provide excellent, safe care in the home environment.
Catherine earned her undergraduate degree in nursing from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. She received her Master’s in Nursing with Health System Administration from the University of Virginia in 2015, with a post-master’s certificate in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. She is also a Nurse Executive Advance Board Certified by the ANCC.
In her spare time, Catherine enjoys adventuring with her family and friends, reading, cooking, creating, and spending time outdoors.