National Quality Award Applicant Resources 

Quality Award applications are now being accepted on-line. The first application submitted by a facility will be considered final, and subsequent applications will be discarded. A successful submission will generate a confirmation email. Please remember that applications will only be accepted from facilities who submitted an Intent to Apply payment.

Applications and Payments 2012 Applications 2012 Payments

Questions/Instructions Application Instructions Payment Instructions

All applications must be submitted by 8 p.m. EST on the published deadlines.

• Bronze Application Deadline – February 15, 2012
• Silver Application Deadline – March 1, 2012
• Gold Application Deadline – March 1, 2012

The application fees are as follows:

• Bronze - $425
• Silver - $725
• Gold - $825

AHCA/NCAL has designed a series of webinars for 2012 National Quality Award applicants. Each webinar is presented by program staff or Quality Award Examiners. The webinars are free and can be accessed at any time, by clicking the links below or visiting webinars.ahcancal.org.  

Bronze Applicant Webinars

Bronze applicants are encouraged to participate in both webinars. The first webinar focuses on the program history and the important technical and eligibility requirements. The second webinar focuses on the Bronze criteria.

• Bronze Webinar #1
• Bronze Webinar #2

Silver and Gold Applicant Webinars

The Silver and Gold webinar series has been designed as a 6-part series, with each webinar focusing on a specific topic integral to applicant success. Each webinar is 25-45 minutes in length, and should be viewed in the order they are described.

• Silver Webinar #1 – Understanding the New Silver Criteria
• Gold Webinar #1 - Introduction to the Baldrige Criteria
• Silver and Gold Webinar #2 - Tips for Writing a Silver/Gold Quality Award Application
• Silver and Gold Webinar #3 - Responding to Baldrige Process Criteria and ADLI
• Silver and Gold Webinar #4 - Responding to Baldrige Results Criteria and LeTCI 
• Silver and Gold Webinar #5 - Scoring Silver and Gold Applications
• Silver and Gold Webinar #6 - Using LTC Trend Tracker  to apply for the Quality Award program

Additional Educational Opportunity      

My Innerview has offered a free webinar for Quality Award applicants discussing various ways satisfaction survey data can be applied toward submission for the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award program. Please click the link below to access this webinar.

• Utilizing Data Toward the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program  

The Silver and Gold award notifications will be distributed on the following dates:

• Silver Applicant Notification: Friday, July 29, 2011
• Gold Applicant Notification: Monday, August 22, 2011
• Silver and Gold Feedback Distribution: Friday, October 14, 2011

2011 National Quality Award recipients will be recognized at the AHCA/NCAL Annual Convention & Expo on September 21, 2011.