Quality Initiative Recognition Program

Today AHCA/NCAL recognized more than 1,575 skilled nursing care centers and assisted living communities nationwide through the organization’s Quality Initiative Recognition Program.  The program honors member centers for their individual work in achieving AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative goals. 31 nursing centers in Virginia attained four or more of the eight outlined AHCA goals, and three assisted living community achievers attained two or more of the four outlined NCAL goals.

“Improving quality care as a profession requires dedication from many organizations,” said Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of AHCA/NCAL. “The program provides an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the progress that our members have made by achieving the Quality Initiative goals and improving care for individuals living in their communities. I commend their hard work.”

Congratulations to the following Virginia nursing centers earning recognition:

• Autumn Care of Madison
• Autumn Care of Mechanicsville
• Autumn Care of Suffolk
• Battlefield Park Healthcare Center
• Beaufont Health and Rehabilitation Center
• Beth Sholom Village
• Brookside Rehab and Nursing Center
• Concodia Nursing and Rehabilitation – River Pointe
• Fredericksburg Health and Rehab
• Gainesville Health and Rehabilitation Center
• Harbor’s Edge
• Heritage Hall – Dillwyn
• Heritage Hall – King George
• Heritage Hall – Leesburg
• Heritage Hall – Tazewell
• Inova Loudoun Nursing and Rehab Center
• Lee Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Lexington Rehabilitation and Health Care
• ManorCare Health Services – Alexandria
• ManorCare Health Services – Arlington
• ManorCare Health Services – Imperial
• ManorCare Health Services – Richmond
• NHC Healthcare of Bristol
• Petersburg Healthcare Center
• River View on the Appomattox Health & Rehab
• Riverside Health Care
• St. Francis Nursing Center
• The Laurels of Charlottesville
• The Laurels of Willow Creek
• Westmoreland Rehab and Healthcare Center
• Woodmont Center

Congratulations to the following Virginia assisted living communities earning recognition:

• Joseph C. Thomas Center
• The Oaks
• The Villa at Suffield Meadows

In 2012, the AHCA/NCAL launched the Quality Initiative as a national e­ffort to build upon the existing work of the long term and post-acute care profession. The initiative aims to further improve quality of care in skilled nursing centers and assisted living communities by challenging members with specific, measurable targets.

“This achievement overall represents not only improvement on a set of quality measures in these centers but also significant improvements in outcomes among the elderly they serve, such as fewer hospitalizations, more discharges back to the community and stopping the use of antipsychotics that can be harmful,” said Dr. David Gifford, AHCA/NCAL Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs. “We applaud these organizations for making a difference in the lives of their patients and residents.”

AHCA members have since made progress on a number of goals, notably, by achieving significant reductions in the use of antipsychotics and in hospital readmissions. Today, more than half of AHCA members nationwide have safely reduced the off-label use of antipsychotics by at least 30 percent, and 22 percent of AHCA members have reduced hospital readmissions by 30 percent.

A full list of achievers is available on the AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative Recognition Program website here and here. Program achievers will be recognized at the AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit in New Orleans, March 12-14, 2018.