AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program

Committed to Quality
The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program honors long-term and post-acute care providers that have demonstrated their commitment to improving the quality of care for seniors and individuals with disabilities.

Meet the Iowa leaders in Quality Care

Gold National Quality Award Recipient

The Gold – Excellence in Quality Award is the highest honor in the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program, recognizing top-tier performance in long-term care.

Applicants must demonstrate excellence in leadership, strategic planning, and customer and staff satisfaction. By addressing the full Baldrige Excellence Framework, organizations elevate their quality journey and achieve key goals through valuable application feedback.

Congratulations to the following Gold Award Recipient:

YearFacilityCityType
2017The Alverno Health FacilityClintonSNF
Silver National Quality Award Recipients

Silver—Achievement in Quality Award recipients provide an extensive assessment of their systematic approaches, performance measures, and sustainable organizational and process results that are linked to the key customer requirements, success factors, and challenges previously identified through the achievement of earning the Bronze—Commitment to Quality Award.

Congratulations to the following Silver Award Recipients:

YearFacilityCityType
2024Good Samaritan Society – Le MarsLe MarsSNF
2024Sibley Specialty CareSibleySNF
2024Silvercrest Garner FarmsDavenportAL
2024Sunrise Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterWinfieldSNF
2023LaPorte City Specialty CareLa Porte CitySNF
2023West Ridge Care CenterCedar RapidsSNF
2022Creston Specialty CareCrestonSNF
2022Pleasant View Care CenterWhitingSNF, AL
Bronze National Quality Award Recipients

Bronze—Commitment to Quality Award recipients are able to describe their mission, characteristics, and key challenges and recognize the relationship of these factors to their ability to achieve performance improvement. The Bronze Award recognizes the provider for developing a foundation to begin a journey of continuous quality improvement and does not necessarily correspond to any public measure of performance.

Congratulations to the following Bronze Award Recipients:

YearFacility NameCityType
2025Accura HealthCare of KnoxvilleKnoxvilleSNF
2025Arbor Springs of West Des MoinesWest Des MoinesSNF
2025Bickford Assisted Living – AmesAmesAL
2025Bickford Assisted Living – BurlingtonBurlingtonAL
2025Bickford Assisted Living – ClintonClintonAL
2025Bickford Assisted Living – MarshalltownMarshalltownAL
2025Bickford Cottage – Fort DodgeFort DodgeAL
2025Bickford Cottage 1 – Sioux CitySioux CityAL
2025Briarwood Health Care CenterIowa CitySNF
2025Cedar Ridge VillageWest Des MoinesSNF, AL
2025Cherokee Specialty CareCherokeeSNF
2025Copper Shores VillagePleasant HillAL
2025Corydon Specialty CareCorydonSNF
2025Country Manor Memory CareDavenportAL
2025Deerfield Retirement CommunityUrbandaleSNF
2025English Valley Nursing Care CenterNorth EnglishSNF
2025Gardens Assisted Living JeffersonJeffersonAL
2025Good Samaritan Society – DavenportDavenportSNF
2025Good Samaritan Society – WaukonWaukonSNF
2025Granger Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterGrangerSNF
2025Kennybrook VillageGrimesSNF, AL
2025Lyon Specialty CareRock RapidsSNF
2025Madrid Home for the AgingMadridSNF
2025Maple Manor VillageApplingtonSNF
2025MeadowView Memory Care Village – MarionMarionAL
2025MercyOne Dyersville Senior Care +DubuqueDubuqueSNF
2025New London Specialty CareNew LondonSNF
2025Northcrest Living CenterCouncil BluffsSNF
2025Northridge VillageAmesSNF
2025Oakview HomeConradSNF
2025Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation – MarionMarionSNF
2025Parkridge Specialty CarePleasant HillSNF
2025Prairie Vista VillageAltoonaSNF, AL
2025Rose Haven Nursing HomeMarengoSNF
2025Scenic Living CommunitiesIowa FallsSNF, AL
2025Spurgeon ManorDallas CenterSNF, AL
2025Stonehill CommunitiesDubuqueSNF
2025Story Point UrbandaleUrbandaleAL
2025Stratford Specialty CareStratfordSNF
2025Summit House Retirement CommunityBrittAL
2025Terrace Glen VillageMarionSNF, AL
2025Thomas Grove Assisted LivingMarionAL
2025Traditions Memory Care of NewtonNewtonSNF
2025West Ridge Specialty CareKnoxvilleSNF
2025Winslow House Care CenterMarionSNF
2024Accura Healthcare of AureliaAureliaSNF
2024Accura Healthcare of BancroftBancroftSNF
2024Accura Healthcare of CascadeCascadeSNF
2024Accura Healthcare of Cherokee, LLCCherokeeSNF
2024Accura Healthcare of MilfordMilfordSNF
2024Accura Healthcare of OgdenOgdenSNF
2024Accura Healthcare of Pomeroy, LLCPomeroySNF
2024Amelia Senior LivingCouncil BluffsAL
2024Black Hawk Life CareLake ViewSNF
2024Deerfield Retirement CommunityUrbandaleAL
2024Eagle Pointe Health Care CenterClintonSNF
2024Edgewood Convalescent Home and Lincolnwood Assisted LivingEdgewoodSNF, AL
2024Eiler Senior LivingClarindaAL
2024Eldora Specialty CareEldoraSNF
2024Ennoble Senior LivingDubuqueSNF
2024Floyd Senior LivingSergeant BluffAL
2024Glen Haven VillageGlenwoodSNF
2024Good Samaritan Society – HolsteinHolsteinSNF
2024Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care CenterGreenfieldSNF, AL
2024Jackson Ridge Healthcare CenterMaquoketaSNF
2024Luther Park CommunityDes MoinesSNF, AL
2024Maquoketa Care CenterMaquoketaSNF
2024Mechanicsville Specialty CareMechanicsvilleSNF
2024Midlands Living Center, LLCCouncil BluffsSNF
2024Norwalk Nursing & RehabilitationNorwalkSNF
2024Pinnacle Specialty CareCedar FallsSNF
2024Prairie View Home InnSanbornSNF
2024Quartet Senior LivingBettendorfAL
2024Rolling Meadows Senior LivingCarrollAL
2024Southridge Specialty CareMarshalltownSNF
2024State Center Specialty CareState CenterSNF
2024The Bridges at AnkenyAnkenySNF
2024The Heritage at Northern HillsSioux CityAL
2024University Park Nursing and RehabDes MoinesSNF
2023Bedford Specialty CareBedfordSNF
2023Belle Plaine Specialty CareBelle PlaineSNF
2023Crestview Specialty CareWest BranchSNF
2023Good Samaritan Society- Le MarsLe MarsSNF
2023Lutheran LivingMuscatineAL
2023Montezuma Specialty CareMontezumaSNF
2023Northcrest Specialty CareWaterlooSNF
2023Sibley Specialty CareSibleySNF
2023Stirlingshire of CoralvilleCoralvilleAL
2023Westview AcresLeonSNF
2022Corydon Specialty CareCorydonSNF
2022Fonda Specialty CareFondaSNF
2022Panora Specialty CarePanoraSNF
2022Vintage Hills of IndianolaIndianolaAL
2022Wapello Specialty CareWapelloSNF
2022Windmill ManorCoralvilleSNF
2020Good Samaritan Society- AlgonaAlgonaSNF
2019Accura Healthcare of Shell RockShell RockSNF, AL
2019Lamoni Specialty CareLamoniSNF
2017Avoca Lodge ALAvocaAL
2017Good Samaritan Society- MansonMansonSNF

What is the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program?

About the National Quality Award Program

The National Quality Award Program is made up of three levels – Bronze, Silver and Gold – that are reviewed and judged by trained experts against a set of nationally recognized standards for organizational excellence. The Silver Award is the second of three distinctions possible through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program. At the Silver level, members develop and demonstrate effective approaches that help improve organizational performance and health care outcomes. Silver recipients may move forward in developing approaches and achieving performance levels that meet the criteria required for the AHCA/NCAL Gold Excellence in Quality Award.

The awards program is based on the core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which also serves as the foundation for the metric-based AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative. The Baldrige framework helps organizations among different business sectors improve organizational effectiveness and achieve strategy-driven performance.

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