April 8, 2025 - Holiday Nursing & Rehabilitation celebrated their 4-Star CMS nursing facility rating with the community, the chamber, and its team members during on Open House hosted March 27th.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services. CMS actively inspects and reports on every nursing home in the United States. A 4-Star Overall Rating is an outstanding achievement. Holiday Nursing and Rehabilitation is the only overall 4-star nursing facility in the region.
Shelby County Chamber Ambassador President Andi Foster listens to Holiday Administrator Daniel Rogers as he recognizes the facilities team members as well as Summitt LTC administrators who manage the operations of skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities throughout Texas.
Chamber of Commerce Ambassador President Andi Foster welcomed everyone, “On behalf of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and the Ambassadors I want to welcome you today to this event for recognizing Holiday Nursing and Rehabilitation celebrating their caregivers and recognizing their achievement for 4-Star overall rating with CMS. And I just want to congratulate you and your staff, and everybody who’s involved in getting this rating.” Foster then introduced Daniel Rogers, Administrator at the facility.
Daniel Rogers shared how this all came about, “It was the hard work of all the staff from Administration, from corporate, all the way down to, what I say is, to the hands touching the patients, the hands of God. They’re taking care of the residents. And that is where it starts from the first and works all the way up through the directors, the department heads, the regionals, the medical director too - the doctor taking care of all the residents.” Rogers then went through a list of individuals to recognize: Justin Johnson, COO; Marissa Johnson, VP of Clinical Reimbursement Services; Jeff May, Regional Director of Operations; Heather Nudnall, Regional Clinical Consultant; Donya Lee, Regional Reimbursement Consultant; Angie Clark, Regional BOM Consultant; Krystal Wheless, Director of Clinical Reimbursement; Gilbert Rosales, Regional Dietary Manager; Zach Carlson, Corporate Analyst; Letisha Hollywood, HR/PR Specialist; Rosemary Zamora, Regional HR Consultant; and Blake Barr, Director of Therapy Services.
Locally Rogers recognized Dr. R. Vinther, Medical Director; Shelly Cantrell, Director of Nursing; Robbin Goodwin, Assistant Director of Nursing; Josiah Prislac, Maintenance; Kellie Baty, Activity Director; Brandy Hawkins - Food Service Supervisor; Betsy Register, Director of Therapy; Jessica Bush, BOM/Community Liaison; Patricia Lawhorn, Medical Records; Andrea Casper, HR; Debra Johnson, Housekeeping/Laundry Supervisor; Sandra Garrett, Social Worker; and Melanie Farmer, MDS.
Rogers ended by saying, “Thank you all for coming, we appreciate it very much. It’s an accomplishment for us reaching that fourth star, we were the only ones in the region, it took a lot of work from all the team members.”
Everyone then gathered to cut the chamber’s red ribbon before entering the dining hall to enjoy a delicious meal prepared by the staff while enjoying piano music and visiting with one another.
