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.
What is 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.
2026 IHCA Quality Award Program Sponsor:
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.
Quality in Action: Winslow House Care Center
Administrator Molly Schulte shares how Winslow House Care Center in Marion began its quality journey and earned its first AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award in the center’s 52-year history. Her story offers practical insight and inspiration for providers pursuing performance excellence.
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:
Year
Facility
City
Type
2017
The Alverno Health Facility
Clinton
SNF
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:
Year
Facility
City
Type
2025
Accura HealthCare of Cascade
Cascade
SNF
2025
Accura HealthCare of Ogden
Ogden
SNF
2025
Midlands Living Center LLC
Council Bluffs
SNF
2025
Norwalk Nursing and Rehabilitation
Norwalk
SNF
2024
Good Samaritan Society – Le Mars
Le Mars
SNF
2024
Sibley Specialty Care
Sibley
SNF
2024
Silvercrest Garner Farms
Davenport
AL
2024
Sunrise Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Winfield
SNF
2023
LaPorte City Specialty Care
La Porte City
SNF
2023
West Ridge Care Center
Cedar Rapids
SNF
2022
Creston Specialty Care
Creston
SNF
2022
Pleasant View Care Center
Whiting
SNF, 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:
Year
Facility Name
City
Type
2026
Accura HealthCare of Ames
Ames
SNF
2026
Accura HealthCare of Creston
Creston
SNF
2026
Accura HealthCare of Le Mars
Le Mars
SNF
2026
Accura HealthCare of New Hampton
New Hampton
SNF
2026
Accura HealthCare of Shenandoah
Shenandoah
SNF
2026
Accura HealthCare of South Des Moines
Des Moines
SNF
2026
Accura HealthCare of Stanton
Stanton
SNF
2026
Accura HealthCare of Toledo
Toledo
SNF
2026
Bethany Life – Nursing Facility
Story City
AL
2026
Bethany Life – Assisted Living
Story City
SNF
2026
Bethany Lutheran Home/Heights Assisted Living
Council Bluffs
AL
2026
Bickford Assisted Living – Marion
Marion
AL
2026
Cedar Falls Health Care Center
Cedar Falls
SNF
2026
Colonial Manor of Elma
Elma
SNF
2026
Corning Specialty Care
Corning
SNF
2026
Correctionville Specialty Care
Correctionville
SNF
2026
Creekside, Inc. Grundy Center
Grundy Center
SNF
2026
Denison Care Center
Denison
SNF
2026
Dunlap Specialty Care
Dunlap
SNF
2026
Elm Springs Assisted Living
Allison
AL
2026
Fountains Senior Living
Bettendorf
AL
2026
Good Samaritan Society – Algona
Algona
SNF
2026
Good Samaritan Society – Estherville
Esterville
SNF
2026
Good Samaritan Society – Forest City
Forest City
SNF
2026
Good Samaritan Society – George
George
SNF
2026
Good Samaritan Society – Ottumwa
Ottumwa
SNF
2026
Good Samaritan Society – Villisca
Villisca
SNF
2026
Grandview Health Care Center
Dayton
SNF
2026
Green Hills Community
Ames
SNF
2026
Harmony Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
SNF
2026
Hegg Memorial Health Center
Rock Valley
SNF
2026
Heritage Care & Rehabilitation Center – Mason City
Mason City
SNF
2026
Homestead of Knoxville
Knoxville
AL
2026
Homestead of Mason City
Mason City
AL
2026
Homestead of Osceola
Osceola
AL
2026
Lantern Park Specialty Care
Coralville
SNF
2026
Maple Crest Manor
Fayette
SNF, AL
2026
Northern Mahaska Specialty Care
Oskaloosa
SNF
2026
Pennington Square Assisted Living
Monticello
AL
2026
Pinicon Senior Living
Anamosa
AL
2026
Pleasantview Home
Kalona
SNF
2026
Ravenwood Specialty Care
Waterloo
SNF
2026
Regency Park Nursing & Rehab – Jefferson
Jefferson
SNF
2026
Rehabilitation Center of Allison
Allison
SNF
2026
Ridgeview Assisted Living – Burlington
Burlington
AL
2026
Ruthven Community Care Center
Ruthven
SNF, AL
2026
Southern Hills Specialty Care
Osceola
SNF
2026
St. Luke’s Transitional Care Center
Cedar Rapids
SNF
2026
Stonebridge Suites of Le Mars
Le Mars
AL
2026
Sunrise Villa
Bellevue
AL
2026
The Ambassador Sidney
Sidney
SNF
2026
The Gardens of Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
SNF, AL
2026
The Suites of Western Home Communities
Cedar Falls
SNF
2026
Wapello Specialty Care
Wapello
SNF
2026
Wellington Place
Decorah
SNF, AL
2026
Westview Care Center
Britt
SNF
2026
Westview of Indianola Care Center
Indianola
SNF
2025
Accura HealthCare of Knoxville
Knoxville
SNF
2025
Arbor Springs of West Des Moines
West Des Moines
SNF
2025
Bickford Assisted Living – Ames
Ames
AL
2025
Bickford Assisted Living – Burlington
Burlington
AL
2025
Bickford Assisted Living – Clinton
Clinton
AL
2025
Bickford Assisted Living – Marshalltown
Marshalltown
AL
2025
Bickford Cottage – Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge
AL
2025
Bickford Cottage 1 – Sioux City
Sioux City
AL
2025
Briarwood Health Care Center
Iowa City
SNF
2025
Cedar Ridge Village
West Des Moines
SNF, AL
2025
Cherokee Specialty Care
Cherokee
SNF
2025
Copper Shores Village
Pleasant Hill
AL
2025
Corydon Specialty Care
Corydon
SNF
2025
Country Manor Memory Care
Davenport
AL
2025
Deerfield Retirement Community
Urbandale
SNF
2025
English Valley Nursing Care Center
North English
SNF
2025
Gardens Assisted Living Jefferson
Jefferson
AL
2025
Good Samaritan Society – Davenport
Davenport
SNF
2025
Good Samaritan Society – Waukon
Waukon
SNF
2025
Granger Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Granger
SNF
2025
Kennybrook Village
Grimes
SNF, AL
2025
Lyon Specialty Care
Rock Rapids
SNF
2025
Madrid Home for the Aging
Madrid
SNF
2025
Maple Manor Village
Applington
SNF
2025
MeadowView Memory Care Village – Marion
Marion
AL
2025
MercyOne Dyersville Senior Care +Dubuque
Dubuque
SNF
2025
New London Specialty Care
New London
SNF
2025
Northcrest Living Center
Council Bluffs
SNF
2025
Northridge Village
Ames
SNF
2025
Oakview Home
Conrad
SNF
2025
Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation – Marion
Marion
SNF
2025
Parkridge Specialty Care
Pleasant Hill
SNF
2025
Prairie Vista Village
Altoona
SNF, AL
2025
Rose Haven Nursing Home
Marengo
SNF
2025
Scenic Living Communities
Iowa Falls
SNF, AL
2025
Spurgeon Manor
Dallas Center
SNF, AL
2025
Stonehill Communities
Dubuque
SNF
2025
Story Point Urbandale
Urbandale
AL
2025
Stratford Specialty Care
Stratford
SNF
2025
Summit House Retirement Community
Britt
AL
2025
Terrace Glen Village
Marion
SNF, AL
2025
Thomas Grove Assisted Living
Marion
AL
2025
Traditions Memory Care of Newton
Newton
SNF
2025
University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Des Moines
AL
2025
West Ridge Specialty Care
Knoxville
SNF
2025
Winslow House Care Center
Marion
SNF
2024
Accura Healthcare of Aurelia
Aurelia
SNF
2024
Accura Healthcare of Bancroft
Bancroft
SNF
2024
Accura Healthcare of Cascade
Cascade
SNF
2024
Accura Healthcare of Cherokee, LLC
Cherokee
SNF
2024
Accura Healthcare of Milford
Milford
SNF
2024
Accura Healthcare of Ogden
Ogden
SNF
2024
Accura Healthcare of Pomeroy, LLC
Pomeroy
SNF
2024
Amelia Senior Living
Council Bluffs
AL
2024
Black Hawk Life Care
Lake View
SNF
2024
Deerfield Retirement Community
Urbandale
AL
2024
Eagle Pointe Health Care Center
Clinton
SNF
2024
Edgewood Convalescent Home and Lincolnwood Assisted Living
Edgewood
SNF, AL
2024
Eiler Senior Living
Clarinda
AL
2024
Eldora Specialty Care
Eldora
SNF
2024
Ennoble Senior Living
Dubuque
SNF
2024
Floyd Senior Living
Sergeant Bluff
AL
2024
Glen Haven Village
Glenwood
SNF
2024
Good Samaritan Society – Holstein
Holstein
SNF
2024
Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
Greenfield
SNF, AL
2024
Jackson Ridge Healthcare Center
Maquoketa
SNF
2024
Luther Park Community
Des Moines
SNF, AL
2024
Maquoketa Care Center
Maquoketa
SNF
2024
Mechanicsville Specialty Care
Mechanicsville
SNF
2024
Midlands Living Center, LLC
Council Bluffs
SNF
2024
Norwalk Nursing & Rehabilitation
Norwalk
SNF
2024
Pinnacle Specialty Care
Cedar Falls
SNF
2024
Prairie View Home Inn
Sanborn
SNF
2024
Quartet Senior Living
Bettendorf
AL
2024
Rolling Meadows Senior Living
Carroll
AL
2024
Southridge Specialty Care
Marshalltown
SNF
2024
State Center Specialty Care
State Center
SNF
2024
The Bridges at Ankeny
Ankeny
SNF
2024
The Heritage at Northern Hills
Sioux City
AL
2024
University Park Nursing and Rehab
Des Moines
SNF
2023
Bedford Specialty Care
Bedford
SNF
2023
Belle Plaine Specialty Care
Belle Plaine
SNF
2023
Crestview Specialty Care
West Branch
SNF
2023
Good Samaritan Society- Le Mars
Le Mars
SNF
2023
Lutheran Living
Muscatine
AL
2023
Montezuma Specialty Care
Montezuma
SNF
2023
Northcrest Specialty Care
Waterloo
SNF
2023
Sibley Specialty Care
Sibley
SNF
2023
Stirlingshire of Coralville
Coralville
AL
2023
Westview Acres
Leon
SNF
2019
Lamoni Specialty Care
Lamoni
SNF
2017
Good Samaritan Society- Manson
Manson
SNF