Five Stars for Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing

Release Date: 
March 26, 2015

Exterior of Woodridge Rehabilitation & Nursing

Berlin, Vt -- Woodridge has consistently been rated at four stars by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in their Five Star Nursing Home Quality Rating System. In November 2014 Woodridge was raised to five stars, according to Ursula Margazano, Administrator for Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently made three significant improvements to the Five Star Nursing Home Quality Rating System:

  • Incorporated the two nursing home quality measures for antipsychotic use into the Quality Measure Rating.
  • Increased the number of points necessary to earn a Quality Measure Star Rating of 2 or more stars.
  • Changed the scoring method for the Staffing star rating.

After CMS implemented the five star ratings improvements only twelve Vermont nursing homes, including Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, retained their five star ratings out of the 37 Skilled Nursing Facilities in the state.

“Congratulations to everyone at Woodridge for the dedication and hard work that is now consistently earning Woodridge five stars,” said Judy Tartaglia, president and CEO of the University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center. “They are the best of the best.”

For more information on Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, located on the UVMHN-CVMC campus in Berlin, Vermont visit www.cvmc.org/woodridge.  For questions about admissions or to have a tour contact Sheri Speirs, 802-371-4712 or sheri.speirs@cvmc.org.

The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center is part of a four-hospital system established to deliver high quality academic medicine to every community we serve. Our partners are: The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, The University of Vermont Medical Center and Elizabethtown Community Hospital.