Mountainside Residential Care Center Top-Ranked in State

Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville, operated by HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), has received a five-star quality rating – the best possible – from Medicare for the ninth straight time.

Only 15 percent, or fewer than one-seventh, of the more than 15,000 nursing homes nationwide earned a five-star Medicare rating this year.

Mountainside is one of two WMCHealth member facilities receiving Medicare's five-star rating this year. Schervier Pavilion, a skilled nursing facility on the campus of St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, also received the highest-quality rating.

The rating for Mountainside – a nursing home certified by both Medicare and Medicaid – came after a rigorous recertification survey that rated Mountainside's performance in health, staffing and quality measures.

Medicare and the rating are administered by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which also works with states to administer Medicaid. The quality rating system is intended to help consumers, their families and caregivers improve their ability to compare nursing homes.

"We're very pleased we've once again received a five-star rating," said Mountainside Administrator Christopher Esola. "The repeated top ranking we've received every year since 2010 reflects the hard work and vision this team of professionals brings to work each and every day in every aspect of care."

Mountainside Residential Care Center is an 82-bed skilled nursing facility, with 115 clinical and administrative staff located at 2158 Route 28 in Margaretville. Call 845-586-1800 or visit hahv.org/mountainside-residential-care-center for more information.

In February, Mountainside also received a five-star rating from U.S. News & World Report for the eighth straight year as one of the top nursing homes in the nation.


Mountainside Residential Care Center