The Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM) has announced that thirteen members have been recognized by Newsweek in their annual list of Best Nursing Homes.The 2020 list contains 406 nursing homes ranging across 20 states, including a total of 22 skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers in Maryland.
The HFAM members on the list include: Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Collingswood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, ManorCare Health Services Potomac, FutureCare Lochearn, FutureCare Canton Harbor, ManorCare Health Services Chevy Chase, Potomac Valley Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center, Lorien Columbia, FutureCare Pineview, FutureCare Northpoint, ManorCare Health Services Adelphi, Signature Healthcare at Mallard Bay, and Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center.
“We applaud our members that have been recognized by Newsweek,” said Joe DeMattos, President and CEO of HFAM. “We are proud of the high-quality care that these centers, and many other centers across the state, provide to Marylanders in need. Because of their commitment to quality, our sector will continue to grow stronger and Maryland will continue to be a leader in long-term and post-acute care.”
As an affiliate of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), largest national post-acute provider association,HFAM members continue to advance quality care through the Quality Initiative, which sets specific goals and measures in key areas shown to improve patient and resident quality outcomes.
Maryland skilled nursing centers have been highly rated in key areas and continue to improve. For example, with a drop from 19.4% in 2012 to 15.6% in 2018, the rehospitalization rate in Maryland has been steadily declining. Long stay antipsychotic usage has dropped from 18.2% in 2012 to 12.4% in 2018 and Maryland currently ranks 8th in the nation for lowest antipsychotic usage.
HFAM members provide the majority of post-acute and long-term care to Marylanders in need: 4.1 million of the 5.6 million days of Medicaid care, one million Medicare days of care, and nearly six million days of care across all payer sources annually.
As the oldest and largest nationally affiliated long-term and post-acute care association in Maryland, HFAM member centers offer assisted living, post-acute, rehabilitation, and long-term care nursing services, and are found in nearly every community across the state.
