Long-term care programs for a pair of regional hospitals have been recognized for their quality of care.
Federal organization Mountain-Pacific Quality Health named the LTC programs at Petersburg Medical Center and Wrangell Medical Center as two of its four recipients for the “Quality Achievement Award,” the other two being in Fairbanks and Ketchikan.
Facilities considered for the recognition participated in a nationwide Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services collaboration, which scores programs based on their practices, resident satisfaction and complete reduction of healthcare-acquired conditions. For their awards, PMC and WMC each received at least one 7.0 percent or less composite score during the 2016 calendar year.
WMC’s program also received its second five-star rating in two years on the Center for Medicare Service’s Nursing Home Compare website. The government website gave the LTC program an overall five-star rating, reflecting perfect scores in staffing and quality measures, and a three-star health inspection rating.
“Not only am I proud of the great work that is being done within these walls, but the surveyors have recognized it again as well,” commented WMC head Robert Rang in an emailed release. He congratulated staff on a job well done.
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