All skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers are committed to providing the very best quality for their residents. Facilities provide continuing education opportunities for their staff members so they remain updated on the latest clinical best practices, equipment, technology and regulations. In addition, numerous governmental agencies conduct surveys on a regular basis in order to monitor the quality performance of skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) release quarterly reports comparing the key quality measures of all skilled nursing facilities in the United States. For more information, or to review the reports, click here.

The Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) provides valuable information for health care quality improvement. Founded in 1979 by a group of medical professionals, HSAG has grown to be one of the nation’s most experienced quality improvement organizations. HSAG has developed and managed national projects and successfully collaborated with providers across the continuum of care. The Arizona Health Care Association currently serves as an active member of the Arizona Quality Counts Partnership.

A Covenant for Healthy, Affordable and Ethical Long Term Care

• Achieve excellence in the quality of care and services for older persons and persons with disabilities.
• Restore and ensure the confidence and trust of the public

The Arizona Health Care Association, as part of the American Health Care Association’s Quality First, is committed to an innovative, accountable, accessible, and economically sustainable 21st Century health and health care system for every American which delivers quality of life through an appropriate range of services which encompasses

• Quality Care and Services
• Independence
• Choice
• Dignity
• Respect
• Affordability
• Value
• Reliability

We are a profession dedicated to transforming health and health care into a spectrum of valued, fully compensated care and service utilizing modern, technology-based systems, resulting in high quality care and services at the lowest sustainable overall cost.

Our goal is to provide a continuum of patient/resident-centered care and services which nurture not only the individual’s health but their lives as well by preserving their connections with extended family and friends, and promoting their dignity, respect, independence, and choice.

More information can be found at the Quality First home page.