Van Matre HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital is pleased to announce that it ranked in the top 10 percent of 813 inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) that qualified to be ranked in the IRF database of Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSmr) in 2008.

“We are very proud to be recognized for the third year in a row by Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation,” said Dan Woloszyn, CEO of Van Matre. “These clinical outcomes are so clearly grounded in our highly competent staff across the hospital, their passion for the work they do, and a strong foundation in a team approach. Every staff member at Van Matre positively impacts patients’ lives daily each day,” he added.

The rankings were determined by using UDSmr’s 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 (IRF-PAI), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ reporting tool for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF 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.

“We are pleased to present this award to Van Matre HealthSouth 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 others to elevate the performance of all. We look forward to working with Van Matre and the other top performing facilities across the country that rank in the top 10 percent to improve care in all inpatient rehabilitation facilities.”

This is the third year that UDSmr has issued these awards.