Dan Frenden Named Winner of Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award

Consulate Health Care is proud to announce Daniel Frenden, Executive Director at Consulate Health Care of New Port Richey, was chosen as a 2017 recipient of the ACHCA Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award.

Dan began his career with Consulate Health Care in 2014 as an interim Executive Director in two different Consulate care centers before becoming the Executive Director of New Port Richey that same year. Since then, he has received numerous awards and recognitions including the Eli Pick Leadership Award in 2016 and, most recently, earning a 5-star CMS rating.

“[The Eli Pick Leadership Award] is unique because you don’t apply for it. The selection process is based on metrics judging [the facility’s] quality measures,” said Frenden. “Winning the award two years in a row is a reflection of the care we consistently provide.”

Fewer than 9% of facilities nationwide qualify, and Dan is one of 206 administrators who were awarded the facility leadership award nationally.

The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) establishes criteria based on publicly collected data by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The award, named in memory of visionary ACHCA member Eli Pick, recognizes administrators whose teams have achieved dimensions of organizational quality that few others have been able to reach.

Eligibility for this award is based on three years of skilled nursing facility (SNF) survey data, including the Health, Fire (Life Safety), and Complaint Surveys, as well as top quartile performance on designated Quality Measures. The criteria also included an 80% or greater facility occupancy and a three-year avoidance of a Special Focus Facility status. The ACHCA firmly believes that long-term care facility excellence is a reflection of leadership excellence.