State Quality Programs
The focus of the New Mexico Health Care Association/New Mexico Center for Assisted Living and our member facilities is on improving the quality of care provided in long-term care facilities and the quality of life for residents.
New Mexico Health Care Quality Surcharge and Value-Based Purchasing
The Health Care Quality Surcharge (HCQS) was created by Senate Bill 246 (SB246) in the 2019 Regular Legislative Session. The program imposes a daily surcharge on certain types of Facilities, including Nursing Facilities (NF) and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID), for non-Medicare bed days. The purpose of the surcharge is to increase each Facility’s Medicaid reimbursement rates by at least the rate of nursing home inflation and to provide bonus payments to Medicaid Certified Nursing Facilities based on performance data. Visit our HCQS/VBP webpage.
Anti-Psychotic Medication Reduction Initiative
Thank you for your commitment to the quality of life of your residents. Thank you for your interest in being recognized through the Antipsychotic Medication Reduction Initiative. Thank you for your commitment to the appropriate use of antipsychotic medications. By participating in this initiative, you will receive the following benefits:
- Self-satisfaction with the assurance that your residents/clients are receiving only appropriate medications
- Recognition on the New Mexico Health Care Association/New Mexico Center for Assisted Living’s (NMHCA/NMCAL) website
- NMHCA/NMCAL will submit a press release about your achievement to your local news outlets
- A plaque, poster, or window sticker announcing your achievement
- Special recognition during NMHCA events
Antipsychotic Reduction Description
Best of the Best
The Best of the Best is a statewide awards program sponsored by the New Mexico Health Care Association and the New Mexico Center for Assisted Living. It coincides with the Association’s annual convention every August.
Download the nomination Packet here.
CARES
HealthCare Interactive® is pleased to announce that the CARES® Dementia Basics & Advanced Care™ Online Training Program is one of only three programs nationally recommended by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to meet its new national nursing aide training requirements (part of Section 6121 of the Affordable Care Act mandates for enhanced nursing aide training).
Now you and your staff members can:
- Get nationally recognized dementia-care training
- Meet the national CMS nursing aide training requirements
- Get certified in Alzheimer's Association® essentiALZ® certification
- Reach both urban and rural settings within your organization
- Train night, weekend, and part-time staff with the same excellent training opportunities afforded your day staff
CMP Staffing Retention Grant
NMHCA provides one-on-one consultation to our members to help identify areas where facilities can improve to help with staffing retention and identify best practices to assist facilities in their efforts.
CNA Week - June 13-19, 2024
National Nursing Assistants Week, which takes place on the Thursday of the second full week of June, is a week full of celebrations honoring the hard work of assistant nurses.
Facilities are encouraged to host events throughout the week as a way to appreciate their assistant nurses.
To help plan your week, we've compiled a list of ideas to get you started: CNA Week Ideas
Please send photos of events to Lily Quezada at lquezada@nmhca.org to be featured on NMHCA/NMCAL social media posts.
