Statement from Larry Minnix AAHSA president & CEO on Appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to CMS Administrator
WASHINGTON, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Larry Minnix AAHSA president & CEO on the Appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to CMS Administrator:
"The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) applauds the appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
"Dr Berwick is the right person for this era of health transformation based on defined quality outcomes and new ways of serving the needs of America's seniors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been without a permanent administrator for four years and faces an enormous task in carrying out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Dr. Berwick's leadership is essential as the agency works to implement health reform. We look forward to working closely with him on the implementation of the many innovations in long-term services and supports contained in the new law.
"We note in particular the 100,000 Lives and the 5 Million Lives Campaigns that the Institute for Healthcare Improvement undertook under Dr. Berwick's leadership. These campaigns set out to protect patients from incidents of medical harm through educating hospitals on preventing common hospital-acquired conditions. The campaign is the model for The Advancing Excellence in America's nursing homes campaign that AAHSA help found in October 2006."
About AAHSA
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (www.aahsa.org) is a national network of community-based nonprofit organizations that provide services and supports to people as they age. These 5,400 organizations connect with millions of older persons and their families every day. They provide home health care, adult day services, hospice, senior housing, nursing care, assisted living, continuing care and a broad range of related services. AAHSA is the most trusted advocate for aging whose spirit of transformational stewardship and close collaboration with its members consistently improves lives.
SOURCE American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
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