Laredo Medical Center’s Skilled Nursing Unit Earns 5-Star Ratings
8/3/2020
Laredo Medical Center is pleased to announce that its skilled nursing unit (SNU) has once again received five-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Nursing Home Compare Five-Star Quality Rating System for July 2020.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created its Five-Star Quality Rating System to help patients, families, and caregivers in the selection of nursing facilities. Facilities are assigned an overall rating from 1 to 5, with five-star facilities designated as providing care that is “much above average” quality. Facilities are also given separate ratings based on three independent factors: health inspections, staffing and quality measures.
Located within the hospital’s main campus, the skilled nursing unit received an overall 5-star rating, 5-star ratings for staffing and quality measures and a 4-star (above average) rating for health inspection.
The 5-star ratings are the latest accolade earned by Laredo Medical Center’s SNU. In November 2019, the skilled nursing unit at Laredo Medical Center received a high-performing rating from U.S. News & World Report and is included in its list of the 2019-20 U.S. News Best Nursing Homes for short-term rehabilitation for the third year in a row.
“Laredo Medical Center is very proud of our SNU interdisciplinary team for working closely with patients, their families and their physicians to develop the best possible rehabilitation and care plan for each individual. This recognition is a reflection of our team’s hard work and devotion to quality care,” said Enrique Gallegos, CEO.
Laredo Medical Center Unit Director Maria Salinas, RN, expressed similar sentiments about her team. “I’m so proud of my team for working together towards a goal, and that is to provide quality care for our patients,” said Salinas.
LMC’s SNU is an 18-bed facility that offers short-term post-acute care for patients recovering from a hospital stay, including stroke, heart attack, infection or accidental injury.
For more information, call the LMC Marketing and Business Development Office at 796-3223.
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