Tom Scully, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to Visit Bon Secours Maria Manor

ST. PETERSBURG- Thomas Scully, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) will visit Bon Secours Maria Manor a recent recipient of the Florida Gold Seal for Long Term Care Excellence Award.  Mr. Scully will visit the facility at 8:00 am and offers brief remarks about the CMS Quality Initiatives Program as well as the Gold Seal Program.  He will then have time to tour the facility, and answer questions.

Bon Secours Maria Manor is a 274 bed skilled nursing facility recognized nationally for quality compassionate care.  The facility was recognized by the JCAHO with a score of 100 on its last survey and was recognized in the last month by Dr. Rhonda Meadows, Secretary for the Agency for Healthcare with the Gold Seal for Excellence in long-term care.  Maria Manor is part of the international Bon Secours Health System, which is owned and operated by the Sisters of Bon Secours.

Mr. Scully is the administrator of The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, formally HCFA.  Mr. Scully has been in his current position since May of 2001.  CMS is responsible for the management of Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children Health Insurance Program and other national health initiatives.  CMS currently has the second largest budget outlay of the federal government and insures approximately 25% of the US population. 

Bon Secours Maria Manor is located at 10300 4th St. N. in St. Petersburg at the corner of 4th Street and Gandy Blvd.