February 18, 2014 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley’s® Mountainside Residential Care Center was ranked in the top quintile of the New York State Nursing Home Quality Pool (NHQP) for 2013.
The NHQP is a $50 million pool, funded by contributions from eligible nursing homes. The funds are redistributed to the nursing homes based on performance evaluation. The top quintile, the highest performing facilities consisting of 113 nursing homes including Mountainside, will receive approximately half of the pool assets. Approximately 600 nursing homes were evaluated in the NHQP ranking.
"It's not easy to create the culture of quality that we have at Mountainside and harder still to maintain it,” said Philip Mehl, administrator at Mountainside. “The team we have assembled is the most compassionate and dedicated that I have seen. I am honored to work among them."
Rankings were based out of 100 points and determined by three measurement components – one efficiency measure, three compliance measures and 14 quality measures. Payment to nursing home facilities has not yet been distributed and is pending approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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About HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is the alignment of HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Avenue Campus and Broadway Campus, as well as Margaretville Hospital, Mountainside Residential Care Center and Woodland Pond at New Paltz. As the parent organization with a unified governance structure, the goal of HealthAlliance is to strengthen the quality of care and bring forward enhanced technology to serve the present and future healthcare needs in the Hudson Valley. HealthAlliance and its affiliate facilities are committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered care and ensuring patient safety, privacy and dignity to all. For further information about HealthAlliance visit our web site at www.HAHV.org
