NHIS Publishes Long-Term Care Facility Evaluation Results... Average Score 79 Points

The National Health Insurance Service announced on the 28th that it will publish the results of the regular evaluation conducted on long-term care service providers on the Elderly Long-Term Care Insurance website.

This evaluation was conducted over approximately 19 months, from April 2021 to November of last year. The Service evaluates long-term care institutions every three years, and this evaluation targeted 5,246 institutions providing long-term care services within facilities such as nursing homes.

As a result of this evaluation, the average score was 79 points, an improvement of 4.1 points compared to the previous evaluation. The top-tier (Grade A) institutions numbered 760 (17.2%), excellent (Grade B) institutions numbered 1,210 (27.4%), accounting for 44.6% of the total, while the lowest-tier (Grade E) institutions numbered 687 (15.5%).

The proportion of excellent operating institutions receiving Grades A and B increased by 9.4 percentage points, whereas the proportion of the lowest-tier Grade E institutions decreased by 5.1 percentage points, indicating qualitative improvement.

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For Grade E institutions, the Service plans to provide consulting this year and require them to undergo a follow-up evaluation as needed. For institutions graded C to D, post-management will be conducted to guide improvements in service quality.

Additionally, all Grade A institutions will receive signage confirming their status as top-tier institutions, and the top 20% of institutions by size will be awarded a bonus of up to 1-2% of the Service contributions decided in the year prior to the evaluation.

Lee Kyung-seop, Director of the Long-Term Care Review Office at the Service, stated, "Although there were difficulties in conducting the evaluation due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the active cooperation of long-term care institutions allowed the evaluation to be successfully completed." He added, "We plan to continue operating the evaluation system to improve the quality of long-term care services and support the healthy aging of the elderly."

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