The health center at Meadow Ridge in Redding”” now known as Ridge Crest at Meadow Ridge ”” has earned another five-star overall rating from the government”™s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It has had a five-star rating since the system”™s implementation in 2008.
Ratings, which are based on health inspections, staffing and a number of quality measures related to both short- and long-term residents, are issued quarterly for the more than 15,000 skilled nursing residences nationwide, which participate in Medicare
and Medicaid.
Ellen Belanger, Meadow Ridge”™s health services administrator, said, “Our re-hospitalization rate continues to be well below the national average, and other quality measures such as our average length of stay is nearly half the national average of 30 days.”
