Horton is president-elect of national survey association

Jeff Horton is president-elect of the Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies, a national organization that advocates health care quality standards to assure the highest practicable quality of health care for all state and federally regulated health care providers.

Horton, chief of the Licensure and Certification Section of the Division of Facility Services, was chosen president-elect at the organization’s 2005 annual conference last month in Albuquerque, N.M. During the previous year he served as the organization’s recording secretary.

He has worked in the Division of Facility Services since 1993 with assignments that include long-term care surveyor and manager of programs that oversee nursing facilities, hospitals, home care/home health, hospice, ambulatory surgery, dialysis and mental health facilities.

AHFSA is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for health care regulatory agency directors and managers to address common interests, concerns, and health care program issues. AHFSA participates with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, providers, and advocacy groups in planning, implementing and assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care programs. The state licensing and certification agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are members of the association.

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Last Modified: October 31, 2005