| Joe-Anne Burgin Health & Rehabilitation, 2023 Silver Award | https://publish.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/Joe-Anne-Burgin-Health-&-Rehabilitation,-2023-Silver-Award.aspx | Joe-Anne Burgin Health & Rehabilitation, 2023 Silver Award | | | | | 9/12/2023 4:00:00 AM | | <div>“Our quality award journey at the AHCA/NCAL Silver level helped define the processes we already had in place to improve our quality outcomes. For example, we wanted to enhance our customer satisfaction scores. We were able to not only to increase them but were able to be above state and national averages for families and residents. However, none of it would have been possible without routine staff. We were able to eliminate agency usage in July 2022 and have held a turnover rate that is below the national average. In addition, because we had routine staff we admitted and reached full capacity in December 2022. Overall, at Joe-Anne Burgin Health & Rehabilitation, we embrace excellence and want to continue our quality award journey to be the best skilled nursing facility we can be for our community!"<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><div><em><strong>Adrian Lewis</strong></em></div><div><em><strong>Joe-Anne Burgin Health & Rehabilitation in Georgia</strong></em></div><div><em><strong>Skilled Nursing/ Rehabilitation</strong></em></div><div><em><strong>2023 Silver Award</strong></em></div><div><em><strong>2022 Bronze Award</strong></em></div><div><em><br></em></div></blockquote><div>Long term and post-acute care providers nationwide are improving lives and inspiring excellence daily through the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) National Quality Award Program.</div><div><br></div><div>Visit <a href="/Quality/National-Quality-Award-Program/Pages/default.aspx" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">ahcancal.org/QualityAward</a> and tell us how your Quality Award journey has impacted your residents, staff, and organization! </div><div><br></div><div>Be sure to submit your<a href="/Quality/National-Quality-Award-Program/Pages/default.aspx" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank"> 2024 Intent to Apply (ITA) </a>in the Portal which is now open!</div><div><br><br></div><p><br><br></p> | | |
| Submit Your 2024 National Quality Award Intent to Apply | https://publish.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/Submit-Your-2024-National-Quality-Award-Intent-to-Apply.aspx | Submit Your 2024 National Quality Award Intent to Apply | | | | | 8/29/2023 4:00:00 AM | | Long term and post acute centers eligible to apply for a 2024 National Quality Award are encouraged to submit an Intent to Apply (ITA) before the deadline on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Don't wait. Submit today!<br><br><table cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><a href="/Quality/National-Quality-Award-Program/Pages/default.aspx" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank"><strong>LOGIN & SUBMIT YOUR ITA </strong></a><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>WHY SUBMIT AN ITA?</strong><br>Submitting your ITA helps us and you! ITAs help us to determine the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply for a National Quality Award. This allows us to continue to improve our process for reviewing the applications we receive to improve your overall experience. Submitting an ITA also earns applicants a discounted application fee.* While submission of an ITA is voluntary and will have no impact on an applicant's consideration, we encourage long term and post-acute care providers to declare their intent to apply. <div><br><table cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><strong>WHAT IS THE PROCESS?</strong><br>It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! If you are connected and verified in the Quality Award application Portal, it should not take any more than 10 minutes from start to finish. If you are ahead of everyone else and are verified in the Portal, it should not take any more than 5 minutes.<br><br><strong>Step 1.</strong><br>Visit <a href="https://cl.exct.net/?qs=2507c09e5a511dc637126e20df8f5bf075bb05e07620043e7dcbbcb00443c9e456d23bb4c91e1e4c2ac7d476c4840c25c72e41df83eeed39" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">ahcancal.org/QualityAward</a> and tap Portal.<br><br><strong>Step 2</strong>.<br>Login using your designated username and password. Don't know what that is? No problem! Contact a team member at <a href="mailto:qualityaward@ahca.org%20?subject=" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">qualityaward@ahca.org</a> and we will get you set up.<br><br><strong>Step 3.</strong><br>Navigate to your center's dashboard and select Payment to submit your Intent to Apply. That's it! You are done! <br><br><strong>ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HEL</strong>P<br>Help resources for the Portal, including FAQs, and 2024 application packets are available on the National Quality Award <a href="https://cl.exct.net/?qs=2507c09e5a511dc6aacc99f0d3a5e8c48ebdc8af0bec6f903c43f4203dc26e375d2db8dde9c81eb026d702f71635659986f93b07355af2c9" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">website</a>. <br><br><strong>HAVE QUESTIONS?</strong><br>If you have any questions or need assistance, contact us at <a href="mailto:qualityaward@ahca.org?subject=" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">qualityaward@ahca.org</a><br><br><em>*Application fees are listed in the Bronze, Silver and Gold application packets available on the National Quality Award </em><a href="https://cl.exct.net/?qs=2507c09e5a511dc6495d82c19b5a64c10567a3d9fc9940d1d2bcef4f24016ec9174c2aa39e6b9b1c2fb4a878fd2e3a2b6a29efcfa95f7205" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]"><em>website</em></a><em>.</em><br><br>The National Quality Award Program is proudly sponsored by AHCA/NCAL Associate Business Members: PharMerica, Pinnacle Quality Insight, Prevail by First Quality, HealthCap and MatrixCare.<br><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><br> | | |
| Village Green of Bristol, 2023 Silver Award | https://publish.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/Village-Green-of-Bristol,-2023-Silver-Award.aspx | Village Green of Bristol, 2023 Silver Award | | | | | 8/29/2023 4:00:00 AM | | “Village Green of Bristol's main health care service offerings are short term subacute care, long term care, and a respiratory ventilator unit. All three service offerings are equally important to our success. Achieving our Silver Quality Award has allowed our senior leaders and staff to improve the services we offer and to analyze systems in place to improve clinical outcomes."<br><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><em><strong>Janet Shahen</strong><br></em><em><strong>The Village Green of Bristol in Connecticut</strong><br></em><em><strong>Skilled Nursing/ Rehabilitation</strong><br></em><em><strong>2023 Silver Award</strong><br></em><em><strong>2022 Bronze Award</strong></em></blockquote><br>Long term and post-acute care providers nationwide are improving lives and inspiring excellence daily through the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) National Quality Award Program. <br><br>Visit <a href="/Quality/National-Quality-Award-Program/Pages/default.aspx" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">ahcancal.org/QualityAward</a> and tell us how your Quality Award journey has impacted your residents, staff, and organization! <br><br>Be sure to <a href="/Quality/National-Quality-Award-Program/Pages/default.aspx" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">submit your 2024 Intent to Apply (ITA) </a>in the Portal which is now open!<br><br> | | |
| Church Home Rehabilitation & Healthcare, 2023 Silver Award | https://publish.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/Church-Home-Rehabilitation-&-Healthcare,-2023-Silver-Award.aspx | Church Home Rehabilitation & Healthcare, 2023 Silver Award | | | | | 8/22/2023 4:00:00 AM | | “In 2022 we began reviewing processes in place and looking for ways to improve. We began a weekly Performance Improvement (PI) meeting. PI meetings are a time for key staff to come together with our medical director and review multiple areas that we know we need to improve on. During PI we review all new admissions. Therapy joins us and gives updates for all of our residents receiving both Part A and Part B services, which helps us to better plan for discharges. Our MDS Nurse reports on falls, which led us to developing a Falls Review Team and we have seen a decrease in falls as a results. Nursing goes over medication changes particularly when it comes to antidepressant and antipsychotic meds. Our Infection Preventionist goes over antibiotic use, UTIs, and isolations. Wound Care Nurse gives an update each week on the size of wounds and treatments. Dietary reports on weight loss and dietary changes and/or needs which led to the development of a Weights Team Meeting to better prevent weight loss. As you can see, PI is truly a team effort, and it allows us to better evaluate weekly so that we have a better grasp on what we need to measure as a part of QAPI (Quality
Assurance and Performance Improvement). The feedback that we received on our previous Silver Award made us aware that we needed to have a better system for measuring outcomes and PI is one of the tools that we put into place as a result."<br> <br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><strong><em>Tara Johnson</em></strong><br><strong><em>Church Home Rehabilitation & Healthcare in Georgia</em></strong><br><strong><em>Skilled Nursing/ Rehabilitation</em></strong><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><strong><em>2023 Silver Award</em></strong></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><strong><em>2020 Silver Award</em></strong></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><strong><em>2017 Bronze Award</em></strong></span><br></blockquote><br>Long term and post-acute care providers nationwide are improving lives daily through the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) National Quality Award Program. Participants move through progressive award levels— Bronze, Silver, and Gold, each requiring a more detailed demonstration of superior performance.<br><br>Visit <a href="/Quality/National-Quality-Award-Program/Pages/default.aspx" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">ahcancal.org/QualityAward </a>and tell us how your Quality Award journey has impacted your residents, staff, and organization! And don't forget to <a href="/Quality/National-Quality-Award-Program/Pages/default.aspx" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">submit your 2024 Intent to Apply (ITA) in the Portal </a>which is now open!<br><br> | | |