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Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital Recognized Among Top
10% of U.S. Inpatient Rehabilitations Facilities
Cited for care that is effective, efficient, timely and patient-centered
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(Johnstown, CO, December 10, 2007) --
Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital, providing
rehabilitative services for patients with functional deficits as
a result of debilitating illnesses or injuries, is pleased to announce
that it ranked in the top 10
percent of 827 inpatient facilities (IPFs) that were ranked in
the IRF database of Uniform
System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR).
"One of our Guiding Principles is that we are first and foremost
compassionate caregivers
dedicated to the delivery of quality patient care. It is an honor
to be recognized as a
leader among the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals and
a tribute to our staff. The
community of Northern Colorado can also take pride in this award
as well,” said Dennis
Shelby, CEO of Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital.
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 (IRD-PAI), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ reporting
tool
for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System
(IRD 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.
"Our great clinical outcomes are a direct result of dedicated teamwork
between our
clinician, patients and their families,” said Dr. Joseph
Jacob, Medical Director of
Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital.
"We are pleased to present this award to Northern Colorado 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
other to elevate the performance of all. We look forward to working
with Northern Colorado 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 a part of a proactive solution to the Institute of
Medicine’s 2006
recommendation to Congress that every Medicare provider be reimbursed
on a pay-forperformance
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 subscribers
exhibited a normal
distribution.
Our facility, designed solely for the provision of specialized
rehabilitative care, is the
only freestanding acute rehabilitation hospital serving northern
Colorado. The facility’s
unique design fosters a comfortable and responsive environment
for our patients.
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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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