Crouse Community Center earns top rating on Medicare.gov’s website
Crouse Community Center is pleased to announce that it has earned the top rating of 5 Stars on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s website, medicare.gov. For the past two years, they have been rated a 4-Star nursing home.
Each nursing home is evaluated on survey history, staffing, and quality metrics to determine the overall all star rating which is updated quarterly. Crouse Community Center is now one of a select few in the area that has earned this distinction.
“We are honored to be able to say we are one of the best health care organizations in Central New York,” stated DJ Raux, Executive Director. “The staff are extremely dedicated to each individual they serve and are the reason we are rated so high. I couldn’t be more proud of each and every one of our team members.”
For more information or inquiries about the program and services, call Nancy O’Neill, director of Admission and Social Services at (315) 684-9595 or online at crousecommunity.com.
Post‐acute care administrator receives ACHCA’s Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award
The American College of Health Care Administrators honored DJ Raux, administrator of Crouse Community Center in Morrisville, with the 2018 Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award. The leadership award was celebrated during the awards luncheon at ACHCA’s 52nd Annual Convocation and Exposition in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, April 24, 2018.
Fewer than 11 percent of facilities nationwide qualify. This year, 1,717 facilities met the selection criteria. Three hundred and fifty‐one administrators in 45 states were awarded the facility leadership award nationally.
Based on the premise that facility excellence reflects leadership excellence, this award recognizes the administrator of record who provided such leadership for the full 2017 calendar year. Eligibility for this award is based on three years of skilled nursing facility survey data, including the Health, Fire Safety, and Complaint Surveys, as well as top quarterly performance on designated quality measures.
The criteria also include an 85 percent or greater facility occupancy and a three‐year avoidance of a Special Focus Facility status. This prestigious award is made possible with the support of ABILITY Network, Inc.
The Facility Leadership Award was introduced in 2008 by one of ACHCA’s most revered leaders, the late Eli Pick. A former executive director of the Ballard Rehabilitation Center, DesPlaines, Ill., for more than 30 years, Eli embodied excellence as an administrator who cared for his residents, their families and his community. This award is presented annually in memory of Eli, a consummate member of ACHCA, dedicated to advancing professionalism and leadership in long term care.