JACKSON HOLE, WYO – St. John’s Living Center has again secured an overall five-star rating from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The distinction is earned by fewer than 10 percent of nursing home facilities in the nation. The Living Center also scored five stars in each of the three sources that contribute to the overall five-star rating: health inspections, staffing, and quality measures.
St. John’s Living Center was the only nursing home in Wyoming, and one of only two nursing homes in a 200-mile radius, to earn five stars in each of the sub-categories.
“Earning five stars in each of the three rigorous categories that make up CMS’s overall five-star rating is a testament to our physicians and staff, who provide high quality, safety-oriented services,” said St. John’s CEO Paul Beaupré, MD.
CMS uses thousands of data points to arrive at the ratings. The health inspections rating contains information from the past three years of onsite inspections, including standard surveys and complaint surveys. The staffing rating has information about the number of hours of care provided on average to each resident each day by nursing staff, taking into consideration the differences in the levels of residents’ care need in each nursing home. The quality measure rating takes into account information on 11 different physical and clinical measures for nursing home residents.
“This is our very visible ‘report card’ and a testament to our sustained commitment to the community and the residents in our care by providing quality, compassionate care,” said Malenda Hoelscher, executive director of senior living at St. John’s. “It is our goal to sustain our 5-star rating in every category, especially as we look to the future with our new facility.”
