Quyanna Care Center in Nome, AK

Quyanna Care Center is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Nome, Alaska. It is located in Nome county at 1100 Greg Kruschek Avenue, Nome, Alaska 99762. You can reach out to the office of Quyanna Care Center via phone at (907) 443-3311. This skilled nursing facility has 18 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 86.11%. Its legal business name is Norton Sound Health Corporation and has the following ownership type - Non Profit - Corporation.

Quyanna Care Center (Medicare CCN 025026) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1994 (30 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in May, 2019.

Name	Quyanna Care Center
Location	1100 Greg Kruschek Avenue, Nome, Alaska
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	18
Occupancy Rate	86.11%
Medicare ID (CCN)	025026
Legal Business Name	Norton Sound Health Corporation
Ownership Type	Non Profit - Corporation

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	2
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$34325
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	2

The resident survey data of Quyanna Care Center is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	6.45	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	6.25	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	12.82	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	3.08	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	1.64	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	0	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	100	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	6.45	14.2