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AHCA/NCAL Announces 2017 Silver National Quality Award Recipients

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) today announced the names of the 191 skilled nursing care centers and assisted living communities in 43 states that have earned the 2017 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award. The award is the second of three distinctions possible through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program, which recognizes providers across the nation that have demonstrated their commitment to improving quality of care for residents and patients in long term and post-acute care centers and communities.

In Oregon, Coast Fork Nursing Center, Creswell Health and Rehabilitation Center, and West Hills Village were honored with this award. Congratulations to these facilities!

Based on the core values and criteria of the nationally recognized Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which is also the foundation of the metric-based AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative, the Association’s Quality Award program challenges member providers to achieve performance excellence through three progressive levels—Bronze, Silver, and Gold. (12 facilities in Oregon received the Bronze-level award this year. )Members at the Silver award level develop and demonstrate effective approaches that help improve performance and quality outcomes.