Awards and Accolades

America’s Best Nursing Homes, 2010 and 2011

U.S. News and World Reports annually recognizes nursing centers that have received the highest-rankings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Nursing centers are rated on measures of care, nurse staffing and health inspections.

Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award, 2005

Our efforts received national recognition when this center was named the recipient of an American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award.

The AHCA/NCAL Quality Award is modeled after criteria from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, the nation’s premier recognition for quality achievement.

The Bronze award recognizes that the center has made a commitment to continuous quality and performance improvement. Once achieved, the designation is permanent.

Regional Rehabilitation Center of Excellence Award, 2008

The Central Region bestowed Bremen Health Care Center’s Rehabilitation Department with the Region’s highest honor – the Center of Excellence award. This award is presented annually to the top rehabilitation department in seven states, representing approximately 80 nursing and rehabilitation centers. The recipient is chosen based upon an analysis of the department’s work in patient care, expense management and customer satisfaction.

Deficiency-Free Survey, 2010

Bremen Health Care Center received a deficiency-free survey from the Indiana Department of Health in 2010.

Each state conducts onsite inspections that determine whether its nursing homes meet the minimum Medicare and Medicaid quality and performance standards. The State conducts inspections of each nursing home that participates in Medicare and/or Medicaid about once a year. During the nursing home inspection, the State looks at many aspects of quality. The inspection team consists of trained inspectors, including at least one registered nurse.

A Fortune Magazine Most Admired Company, 2009, 2010 and 2011
Kindred Healthcare, our center’s parent company, has been a Fortune magazine Most Admired Healthcare Company for the last three years.  The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations.  Fortune magazine ranks companies within industries, based on nine different “attributes of reputation.”  To create the industry rankings, surveys were sent to over 4,000 executives, directors, and analysts to select the 10 companies they admired most.