Are Long-term, post-acute (LTPAC) operators finding PDPM as a significant pain point? Prime Care Tech and Century Rehab's new primeVIEW Century Therapy Plus can help. Recently, in a joint press release we announced the addition of a first-of-kind technology for comparing therapist assessment data to that of clinical staff.

Automating this time-consuming process of tracking and comparing this data empowers senior care operators to achieve three goals: 

• Identify differences in assessment data captured by therapists and clinical staff in a near real-time alerts-based tool.
• Proactively address those differences before a care plan and associated reimbursement is finalized.
• Reduce reliance on manual and time-consuming analysis of assessment and care data.

This is HUGE! PDPM is fully implemented across the SNF industry. The ability to identify the differences between the therapist and the clinical assessment minimizes the time needed to collect and compare data throughout a patient stay.

We discuss this in more detail during our recent webinar with Century Rehabilitation, which was also a well-attended session during the recent PointClickCare Summit. Be sure to sign up for this replay to hear more.

Combining primeVIEW's dashboard analytics with Century Rehabilitation’s therapy care data offers our clients a complete view of their patients' care plan. This takes the guesswork out of calculating PDPM, enabling staff to convert two-hour meetings with therapy providers into quick 15-minute conversations over easy-to-compare assessments. 

Together we can better serve long-term post-acute operators! Learn more about the integration and dashboard for primeVIEW by downloading our primeVIEW Century Therapy Plus e-sheet. Or better, get in touch for a demo.

With today's rising costs, healthcare facilities must keep a tight grasp on their budgets! With that said, there's a trend of news articles suggesting CIOs are not seeing ROI from moving to cloud-based services.

But MedCityNews is debunking this, reminding us that change is neither easy nor cheap. In their article, Debunking Cloud Cost and ROI Hogwash for Healthcare, they explain how the cloud is in fact revolutionizing healthcare systems, delivering both cost and time savings. 

In another article from Becker's Hospital Review, 'Cloud projects are powering forward': Health system CIOs on cloud spending amid economic pressures, Scott Arnold, Executive Vice President and CIO of Tampa General Hospital, says “We don't view cloud service as a 'nice to have' or unnecessary expense.” 

Why? Because hospitals and healthcare facilities need to move EHRs around while storing patient data in a secure location. The cost to provide a facility with all the on-site equipment and energy for this would easily equal or trample the cost of an IT-provided cloud service that provides cybersecurity, resilience, agility, and scalability. 

The takeaway here is to have patience in seeking ROI from conversion to cloud-based services – and to strategically plan how and when you might embark upon this. But it is a necessary adaptation to meet the healthcare industry's critical and fast-changing needs.

"Cloud power is what drives the rapid digital innovation we see across pretty much every other industry — and it enables healthcare organizations to solve increasingly complex problems more affordably, quickly, and reliably."

Our primeCLOUD team can help by providing you with the strategy, security, cost control, operational efficiency, reliability, and agility to maximize your IT performance. Get in touch to strategize your transition to cloud-based services.

Each week our security team tracks threats, vulnerabilities, and patches announced by leading IT experts and vendors to ensure we prioritize, address, and communicate them to our managed IT services clients.

Below you'll find our recap of events they addressed in the last few months. To check previous reports, see 2022 Security Threats.

If you're not a client, make sure your team knows about these security events, as well as future ones. Just click below to sign up. 

High Impact

Medium Impact

Low Impact

No Impact on Our Clients/FYI

As part of our primeCLOUD services suite, we partner with leading IT vendors to offer security services like ransomware protection, phishing training, multi-factor authorization (MFA), data backup/recovery, and more.

If you're not confident your organization is on top of security threats, vulnerabilities, and patches, it may be time to conduct a cyber security audit.

Or better, get in touch and let us walk you through critical items for your security checklist.

The team is gearing up for the November 1-4, PointClickCare Summit in Las Vegas. We're excited to sponsor two booths – Prime Care Tech is at #419 and our primeCLAIMS affiliates are at #306. 

Stop by for a chance to win a Louis Vuitton purse – and stay for a demo of our industry-leading applications.

If you're looking to take advantage of educational opportunities, we'll lead two breakout sessions:

• Wednesday, 4:15-5p
  We're not Great At PDPM, Yet; Using Data & Tools to Improve Care and Reimbursement
  Jonathan Duvall/Prime Care Tech and Tammy Tuminaro/Century Rehabilitation
• Thursday, 2:45-3:30p 
  Get Paid–Every Dollar, Every Day!
  Jonathan Duvall/Prime Care Tech and Kimberly Sturm, primeCLAIMS

After a busy year of enhancements, we look forward to sharing what makes our technologies the smartest in the marketplace. Get in touch if you'd like to connect!

DULUTH, GA. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 11, 2022 – PrimeFORCE, a leader in technology workforce and consulting services, announced today the expansion of its UKG (formerly Kronos, Inc.) consulting practice with the hiring of Doug Montgomery. He will serve as Vice President of Strategy and lead the continued buildout of the company's UKG service offerings and UKG-certified consultant teams.

PrimeFORCE assists organizations looking to optimize their workforce management systems and processes while capitalizing on their investment with UKG, a global leader in workforce management and human capital management solutions. The primeFORCE consulting team offers nearly two decades of experience specific to the implementation of UKG Workforce Dimensions (WFD) and UKG Workforce Central (WFC).

As an affiliate of Prime Care Technologies, primeFORCE achieved recognition as a UKG Services Partner. Last year, it earned UKG’s Innovator of the Year award -- the result of delivering a turnkey solution for UKG customers migrating from WFC to WFD. The primeARCHIVE solution enables customers to securely store and easily access historical time/HCM data, ensuring compliance with HR regulations.

As Vice President of Strategy, Montgomery offers over 25 years of IT consulting and workforce management experience, including more than 16 years as an account and partnerships executive at UKG. Most recently, he was Vice President of the Post-Acute and Senior Living division, specializing in growing UKG’s business within this industry.

"While our UKG consulting team is well established, the demand for strategic leadership and partnership experience continues to grow," said Spencer Thomas, General Manager of primeFORCE. "We're excited to bring Doug’s career history with UKG on board to help continue our momentum and grow the value-added consultancy we provide to our current and future UKG clients."

"PrimeFORCE is proud to offer its comprehensive and experienced UKG specialists and certified consultant team to the marketplace. Our goal is to be the premier UKG Services Partner to industries across the U.S.," said Thomas. "I look forward to broadening our value-add within the UKG customer community, guiding them to optimize their UKG solutions, and deepening our valuable partnership with UKG."

Tens of thousands of organizations and more than 40 million people in over 100 countries use UKG solutions for their workforce management and human capital management needs.

The primeFORCE team is attending upcoming UKG events including the UKG Sales Kickoff, October 17-19 at Rosen Shingle Creek, and the UKG Partner Summit, October 19-20 at the Caribe Royale – both in Orlando, Fla. Montgomery will also take a seat on the 2022 UKG Global Alliances Advisory Board (GAAB), replacing Spencer Thomas.

About primeFORCE
Founded in 2000 as EasyHRWeb, primeFORCE became an affiliate of Prime Care Technologies in 2014. In 2022, it merged its best-of-breed employee benefits platform with UKG consulting and leading technologies to help clients optimize workforce software while maintaining compliance with legacy systems. Providing personalized peace of mind to customers in more than 40 states, its efficiency-driven workforce solutions put hours back in the day, enabling employers to focus on their best investment, their employees. Visit primeforcetech.com.