Quality

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​AHCA/NCAL remains steadfast in supporting long term care centers in continuing to improve the quality of care provided to residents. By connecting providers to valuable resources and developing innovative solutions for stakeholders, AHCA/NCAL aims to improve lives by delivering solutions to ​advance the sector's quality of care.​


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AHCA/NCAL recognizes member providers and long term care professionals that portray excellence in the sector and have made an impact in skilled nursing, assisted living communities, and intellectual and developmental disabilities communities. Learn more about each of our programs below.​ 

​Quality ​Hot Topics​​

CoreQ
​What Is CoreQ?
CoreQ is a set of five measures for skilled nursing care centers (SNCC) and assisted living (AL) communities to use to assess satisfaction among patients, residents, and their families. Developed by a team including, Nicholas Castle, Ph.D., AHCA/NCAL, and providers with input from customer satisfaction vendors and residents, the measures capture short-stay and long-stay resident and family data for SNCCs, and resident and family data for ALs. 

Based on a core set of customer satisfaction questions to allow consistent measurement across long term and post-acute care settings, CoreQ has been independently tested as valid and reliable. CoreQ is now endorsed by the Partnership for Quality Measurement​.

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Five-Star Quality Rating System
​The Five-Star Quality Rating System is a tool to help consumers select and compare skilled nursing care centers. Created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2008, the rating system uses information from Health Care Surveys (both standard and complaint), Quality Measures, and Staffing. CMS's Nursing Home Compare website features the rating system. ​Learn more​.

SNF Quality Reporting Program
Skilled nursing care centers must report data to CMS for the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) required under the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014. Learn more​.

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
Current regulation requires all skilled nursing centers to develop a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program. ​AHCA offers its members free tools, resources, webinars and programs to assist developing and sustaining an effective and comprehensive QAPI program in their centers. ​Learn more​.

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January 28, 2021 - 8PM EST
Quality Award ​Application Deadline

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