We're teaming up with Marcus Evans for this May 13 webinar on post-pandemic operations optimization in senior care. SNF and senior living operators from Health Dimensions Group, Sage Senior Living, and Titan Senior Living, along with our SNF technology expert, Jonathan Duvall, will join the discussion on:

• Embracing technology to enhance census management

• Improving data management for operational effectiveness

• Monitoring clinical trends with technology to promote better patient outcomes

This panel will update you on how they're pivoting and adapting to the new normal while keeping a close eye on sustainability and growth.

About Our Senior Living Expert Panel

 

Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey, MA, NHA, CPG
Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Health Dimensions Group

Erin Shvetzoff has expertise in the senior health care industry, advising providers in the areas of post-acute care management, operational and financial performance improvement, and organizational and ownership structure, as well as hands-on experience as an administrator of skilled nursing and senior living facilities in several states. She is active in senior services trade organizations to provide them with education resources, industry information, and support for members, and speaks at state and national meetings on senior health care, health care reform, and planning for aging populations. Ms. Hennessey is a certified gerontologist and was named a 2019 Senior Living Leader Under 40 by Argentum, a national senior living association. Most recently, she was named to the LeadingAge Minnesota board of directors.

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Kim Smith
Vice President Operations
Sage Senior Living

 

Kim Smith brought a diverse background to SageLife; having served on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide to two Colorado representatives, as an organizational development consultant, and later, owning and operating a lodge and spa in New Mexico. Joining Sage in 2011 as Executive Director at The Maples of Towson in Maryland, Kim brought the community to full occupancy and implemented electronic healthcare records.

A Certified Dementia Specialist, Kim was well suited to her next role as Vice President of Wellness. Kim led the development and implementation of an innovative dementia program at Lighthouse Senior Living in Ellicott City, Maryland, a Sage-managed community. Kim oversees operations at all the Sage and Lighthouse communities.

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Jonathan Duvall
Senior Director, Product Management
Prime Care Technologies

 

As the Senior Director of Product Management, Jonathan oversees customer onboarding while continuously looking for ways to make our senior care apps easier, so caregivers can spend less time gathering reports and more time driving better patient and financial outcomes. Prior to Prime Care, Jonathan spent 5 years overseeing finance and business applications at Pruitt Health, the 14th largest skilled nursing provider.

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Justin Border
Founder & President
Titan Senior Living

 Mr. Border began his career as an Occupational Therapist in 1998. In his career, he has developed and led multiple aspects of acute and post-acute continuum operations, including clinical services, human resources, managed care contracting, case management, business development, financial planning, and compliance. Justin has been a featured speaker at the American Occupational Therapy Association annual conference and multiple other local, state, and national conferences. Justin is also a member Healthcare Workforce Forum Advisory Council.

Early this month, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) released Dobson DaVanzo TOPS study findings in a joint statement. The study calls on payers to model their reimbursement based on these results, instead of disincentivizing appropriate therapy use. Get the highlights via the summary infographic or continue reading for more detail.

PT/OT provides functional benefit to most patients:

• Significant rehabilitative value seen across 1.4 million Medicare cases.
• Direct and positive impacts seen with patients in post-acute care (PAC) settings, including improving the functional ability of patients and reducing readmissions to acute care hospitals.
• Patients who receive OT and PT during their initial post-acute episode are more likely to have better outcomes and better quality of life
• Therapy increased meaningful participation in everyday living

PT/OT provides direct and positive value in post-acute care:

• There are positive ramifications for PT/OT reimbursement under the current fee-for-service and any future unified payment system.
  • Improving the functional ability of patients
  • Reducing readmissions to acute care hospitals
• There is positive value in PT/OT provided in PAC settings – rehabilitating and preventing decline of core function in daily living activities.
• Increased therapy intensity is positively correlated with increases in measured functional status in patients following discharge from initial hospitalization.
• Thirty-day readmission rates to acute-care hospitals following a PAC episode decreased after therapy and appear to have varying threshold effects within each setting.

The takeaway is obvious. Therapy improves the quality of patient care and outcomes. The hope is that payers like Medicare will take this into consideration when it comes to reimbursement models. 

For help managing contracted therapy costs, contact us about our Managed Care MASTER software for PAC contract and case management, or join our 4/27 webinar with Mix Solutions – Goodbye PDPM, Hello Levels!

Today, Prime Care Technologies, senior care business intelligence and technology provider, announced two new members in its business development organization. Scott Kozimor now serves as Enterprise Sales Director for the central U.S., and Jason Barrett as Enterprise Sales Director for the West region.

Kozimor brings extensive experience in senior care software, including a history with the top three EHR vendors used by long-term care providers. Barrett has held various leadership roles in business development and customer success working with health care vendors of all sizes. They will be responsible for growing trusted relationships with new clients and expanding solutions and services to current valued customers. Both will report to Jae Sparks, Vice President of Sales.

"I’m very excited to add two highly experienced and qualified people to drive our decision-driven technologies to senior care," said Sparks. "I look forward to working with them to increase revenues while helping senior care providers achieve performance goals with our affordable IT solutions."

Chief Revenue Officer Spencer Thomas added, "The growth of our organization positions us to better educate senior living and skilled nursing facility (SNF) operators on using our software and analytics to sharpen the focus on high-quality care."

About Prime Care Technologies
Since 2003, Prime Care Technologies has provided senior care operators with integrated business intelligence and software solutions, driving proactive decision-making and the highest quality care. Based in Atlanta with 175 employees and 200+ healthcare/IT partnerships, its technology-driven solutions are installed in 6,500+ facilities. With deep multi-vendor interoperability expertise, including the integration of 70+ healthcare applications and 3,500+ EDI payers, Prime Care Technologies offers the leading data warehouse in post-acute care. Learn more at http://www.primecaretech.com.

The one constant in senior care is change, right? A lot is changing right now. If the headlines flew past you, we've got your back. This infographic will bring you up to speed.

You should also know we have tools to help you flexibly adjust to change. Get in touch with us to hear more.

Mix Solutions CEO Susie Mix will join us for this advice-packed webinar on managed care, updating senior care providers on the latest factors impacting your reimbursement and how you can manage to your advantage.

• What are MCOs up to now?
• MCO change is SNF gain – in what world?
• System-tight operations for all reimbursement methods
• Best practices for plugging leaks to financial loss
• Effective managed care contract management – it's imperative! 

After, our Managed Care MASTER expert Melanie Miles will offer a quick demo of how our application can help in these areas. Don't let this expert advice pass you by!