NUHEALTH’S A. HOLLY PATTERSON EXTENDED CARE FACILITY IDENTIFIED AS TOP PERFORMING LONG TERM ORGANIZATION BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS, WITH FACILITY LEADERSHIP AWARD TO BE PRESENTED TO LARRY SLATKY AND ANTHONY RESTAINO
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April 5, 2012
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NUHEALTH’S A. HOLLY PATTERSON EXTENDED CARE FACILITY IDENTIFIED AS TOP PERFORMING LONG TERM ORGANIZATION BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS, WITH FACILITY LEADERSHIP AWARD TO BE PRESENTED TO LARRY SLATKY AND ANTHONY RESTAINO
EAST MEADOW, NY…Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the NuHealth System, proudly announced that the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility (AHP) has recently been identified as a top performing organization in long term care by the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA), with the Facility Leadership Award to be presented to Larry Slatky, NuHealth’s executive vice president for operations and Anthony Restaino, AHP administrator.
In a letter dated March 20, 2012, Timothy C. Dressman, CNHA, CALA, FACHCA, chair of the ACHCA board of directors, stated: “Congratulations! Your skilled nursing facility has been identified as a top performing organization in long term care. The ACHCA through its Facility Leadership Award recognizes leadership excellence and is proud to offer positive recognition to leaders of the best performing organizations across the country. The leadership award to both nursing home executives will be presented at ACHCA’s 46th Annual Convocation and Exposition on May 4th to 8th in Nashville.”
Gianelli joined his congratulations to the leadership and staff of the AHP for demonstrating clinical achievement, good service, and compliance excellence: “Congratulations to everyone at AHP for this exceptional achievement that speaks to the continued high quality of care provided by the nursing home staff and for the success of the overall turnaround strategy. Facility excellence is a reflection of leadership excellence and the Facility Leadership Award to be presented to Slatky and Restaino confirms this well deserved recognition. “
The American College of Health Care Administrators, utilizing a data and information company, analyzes publically available MDS Quality Measures data, Survey data for the last three years, specifically, Health Survey, Life Safety Survey, and Complaint Surveys. Based on this analysis, the top-performing skilled nursing facilities are identified. The Administrator accepts the award on behalf of their facility at the ACHCA’s Annual Convocation.
For 2012, CMS’s MDS quality indicators (QM) and three years of survey data were key sources for identifying AHP as a top performing skilled nursing facility. The areas of excellence that AHP exhibits includes three years of performance on the Health Survey, Fire (Life Safety) Survey, Complaint Surveys and improvement in the last two quarters of the reported CMS MDS Quality Measures.
About NuHealth
NuHealth is a Long Island health care organization delivering essential medical care and disease and lifestyle management to everyone at every stage of life. Also known as Nassau Health Care Corporation, NuHealth is a public benefit corporation managing the operations of Nassau Medical Center, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care and a network of Family Health Centers that bring primary and specialty care out into the community. By emphasizing wellness, cultural sensitivity and collaborative efforts with the North Shore-LIJ Health System, NuHealth is working to make good care more affordable and easier to access.
About A. Holly Patterson
Located in a 63-acre campus in Uniondale, AHP is a skilled nursing facility where the skilled and caring health care professionals respond to the physical, social and emotional needs of each resident. On-site services include: rehabilitation services, diagnostic and radiology services, psychiatric care, psychotherapy, dental and ophthalmology care, podiatry services, cardiology evaluations and treatment and neurological testing.
On-site ambulatory, clinics provide residents the convenience of accessible specialty medical care. Should inpatient hospital care be necessary, residents are transferred to the nearby Nassau University medical Center. Among the highly specialized units that make the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility such an outstanding center are: secure dementia units, hospice care and the respiratory care unit, ventilator unit with 24-hour respiratory therapists, the wound care unit, the sub-acute rehabilitation unit, and HIVAIDS unit. AHP is nationally recognized for excellence in areas including: wound care, Alzheimer’s, pulmonary diseases and dementia. For additional information on AHP, please call 516-572-1400.
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