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Mountain
Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Recognized
as One of the Top
10% of U.S. Inpatient Rehabilitations Facilities
Cited for care that is effective, efficient,
timely and patient-centered
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(Prescott Valley,
AZ, April 1, 2008) -- Mountain Valley Regional
Rehabilitation Hospital is pleased to announce that it ranked in the top
10 percent of 827 inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs)
that were ranked in the IRF database of Uniform Data System
for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR).
“This designation is a clear reflection of the outstanding
care and quality delivered by our employees,” said
Kelly Silberschlag, CEO of Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation
Hospital. “To be able to accomplish this goal in
our first full year of operations is a significant accomplishment
and we look forward to continuing to expand upon this designation
and continue to meet the needs of our surrounding healthcare
communities.”
The rankings were determined by using UDSMR’s new program
evaluation model (PEM), a case mix-adjusted and severity-adjusted
tool that provides facilities with a composite performance
score and percentile ranking drawn from nearly three-quarters
of all IRFs in the country. UDSMR’s PEM Report Card
uses the indicators of efficiency and effectiveness contained
in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment
Instrument (IRF-PAI), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services’ reporting tool for the Inpatient Rehabilitation
Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS). The goal
of the PEM Report Card is to recognize high-performing
facilities
for their delivery of quality patient care that is effective,
efficient, timely, and patient-centered.
"The staff at Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation
Hospital is dedicated to quality patient care, “said
Dr. Martin Yee, Medical Director, “and this is a
great reflection of that dedication.”
“We are pleased to present this award to Mountain Valley Regional
Rehabilitation Hospital in recognition of the excellent
care it provides to its patients,” said Dr. Sam Markello,
Associate Director of UDSMR. “As the creator and
caretaker of the nation’s largest database of rehabilitation
outcomes, and with 20 years of experience and data, we
have long worked with the industry to establish best
practices. We developed the PEM Report Card as a tool
to identify
and
recognize facilities that perform at a high level, to
work with them to learn how they achieve high performance,
and
to share what we learn with others to elevate the performance
of all. We look forward to working with Mountain
Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital and the 82 other facilities
across
the country that rank in the top 10 percent to improve
care in all inpatient rehabilitation facilities.”
This is the first year that UDSMR has issued these awards.
The PEM Report Card was developed as part of a proactive
solution to the Institute of Medicine’s 2006 recommendation
to Congress that every Medicare provider be reimbursed on
a pay-for-performance basis. The data used for this report
was based on 12 months of 2006 data, drawn from both Medicare
and non-Medicare patients. The results were weighted and
combined into a single composite score, and each facility
was assigned a percentile rank from 0 to 100 relative to
the other IRF subscribers in UDSMR’s database. The
resultant distribution of the facility PEM scores for UDSMR’s
IRF subscribers exhibited a normal distribution.
Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, which
serves all of Yavapai County and northern Arizona, features
40 patient
beds, a 6,000 square foot therapy gym equipped with state-of-the-art
equipment, an aquatic therapy pool, outdoor therapy courtyard,
and the latest technology for acute rehabilitation services.
Rehabilitation at MVRRH, centers on an interdisciplinary
team approach to care by physiatrists (physicians specializing
in rehabilitation); physical, occupational, respiratory
and recreational therapists; speech and language pathologists;
rehabilitation nurses; case managers and other professionals
who work with patients to restore the greatest level
of function
or independence. The rehab team helps individuals overcome
obstacles and accomplish normal tasks of daily living.
Mountain Valley is committed to healing the mind, body
and soul of
every patient.
To find out more about Mountain Valley Rehab in-patient
and out-patient therapy services, stop by for a tour
of our facility or
call 928-759-8800.
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About UDSMR:Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation
(UDSMR) is a division of UB Foundation Activities Inc.,
a not-for-profit corporation affiliated with the University
at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Founded
in 1988, UDSMR administers the world’s largest medical
rehabilitation database, and its instruments provide the
field with a common language and measurement tools for outcomes
and functional assessment. CMS has adopted UDSMR’s
FIM™ instrument as the basis for the IRF PPS, and
UDSMR provides exclusive training and support to the
agency
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