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Reducing Hospitalizations Through Physician Engagement: Promoting Interdisciplinary Communication

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10 27, 2017 | Posted in Event | 0 comments

Michelle Stuercke, RN, MSN, DNP, MPH, LNHA, Chief Clinical Officer with Transitional Care Management (TCM), is a featured presenter at the national PointClickCare Summit on November 6-9 in Orlando, Florida. Michelle and a panel of experts will discuss positively impacting re-hospitalization rates by fostering interdisciplinary communication and physician engagement. Hospital readmissions continue to be a focus at all levels of care. The current rate of returning to hospitals from post-acute care facilities is approximately 23%. The cost of re-hospitalizations to Medicare is approximately 17.5 billion dollars. The effect of re-hospitalizations is not only monetary, but physical and emotional as well. Research shows that approximately 45% of these hospitalizations are avoidable. The centers to be profiled in this session are post-acute care centers that specialize in high acuity. At the beginning of 2016 the centers were not using the PointClickCare INTERACT™ tools or Physician Engagement solution. The return-to-hospital rate was running as high as 50%. By the end of 2016, after the implementation of both the Change of Condition forms, QI tools and Physician Engagement tools, the return-to-hospital rate decreased to as low as 16%. The use of the Change of Condition form for effective communication, as well the physicians’ use of the Physician Engagement tool to review labs, medications, vital signs and progress notes, allowed for a more comprehensive evaluation and treatment that resulted in the prevention of unnecessary hospitalizations. For more information about the PointClickCare Summit or to register visit summit.pointclickcare.com.

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Innovative Health to Build Lisle and Aurora Communities

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01 18, 2017 | Posted in Press | 0 comments

Transitional care facilities move ahead in Lisle, Aurora

Rosemont-based Innovative Health said Monday it will break ground this summer on new short-term rehab centers in Lisle and Aurora, after winning court decisions against local competitors attempting to stop them. Innovative Health, which also plans to build more facilities in the region, already acquired the land on Ogden Avenue in Lisle and on New York Avenue in Aurora for about $1 million each. The company plans to spend another $40 million to construct the two 68-bed facilities, which will add about 200 jobs by next year.

"We're very confident that we'll fill these facilities after we did the research prior to picking the locations," said Brad Haber, principal and co-founder of Innovative Health. "These areas demonstrate a need with a lot of growth expected."

The state approved both projects last May, and zoning permits were provided by Lisle and Aurora officials. Read More

The Daily Herald
 

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Aging Baby Boomers Transform the Conventional Nursing Home

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06 01, 2016 | Posted in Press | 0 comments

Ameet Sachdev • Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
Aging baby boomers are transforming the conventional nursing home. The stigma attached to nursing homes most often is that they're a place you go to die. The last thing baby boomers, who came of age in the '60s and '70s and practically invented youth culture, will ever admit is that they are getting old. "We feel that baby boomers as consumers want this," said Denise Norman, president of Transitional Care Management, which opened the Arlington Heights facility in September. "You've got all the medical needs, the nursing, the therapy. People expect that, but then if you can add that component of comfort, a little bit of luxury, they'll feel better faster." What sets Transitional Care apart is more than aesthetics. Like its name suggests, Transitional Care specializes in caring for people after they've been released from hospitals but aren't ready to go home. Unlike most nursing homes, it's not in the business of long-term care. The company, based in west suburban Lisle, is growing. Earlier this month state health care regulators approved Transitional Care's proposals for new facilities in Lisle and Aurora. Transitional Care is taking advantage of changing demographics. As Americans age, demand for short-term rehabilitation, also known as post-acute care, will increase. By 2040, the number of people 65 years or older will double to 82.3 million, or about one-fifth of the U.S. population. Seismic shifts in health care economics also are forcing physicians and hospitals to work more closely with providers of post-acute care to make sure patients don't return to the hospital. The forces reshaping the nursing home industry are giving consumers more choice. But the investment in facilities dedicated to short-term rehab has been slow to come to Illinois because of regulatory hurdles and opposition from within the nursing home industry. Nursing homes typically take care of two very different kinds of patients: (Read More)

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End May Be Near For Lake County’s Winchester House Nursing Home

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03 08, 2016 | Posted in Press | 0 comments

By  of Daily Herald The private company that operates the Winchester House nursing home has plans to close the county-owned facility in Libertyville and build something new in Mundelein. If Lisle-based Transitional Care Management's $30 million proposal moves forward, it would officially mark the end of Lake County's long involvement with Winchester House, a relationship that goes back nearly 170 years. It also would create a modern medical facility in central Lake County, one especially designed for the region's older residents. "As the baby boomers age, it is important for communities to provide facilities that will meet their needs in the future," Mundelein Village Administrator John Lobaito said. "Although the plans are conceptual at this point, we are very excited about (TCM) choosing Mundelein as the place for their latest facility." (Read More)

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The New Road to Recovery is Now Open!

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03 07, 2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Transitional Care of Arlington Heights is officially open!  The 120-bed post-acute care center blends the best of both healthcare and hospitality and offers comfortable, holistic and clinically proven short-term rehabilitative care that helps bridge the distance between the hospital and your best life. Here guests can enjoy both the journey and the destination on the new road to recovery. Call 847-392-9000 to learn more or email referrals@transitional-AH.com with any questions.

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Sharpen Your Skills – One Credit Hour at a Time!

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03 03, 2016 | Posted in Arlington Heights, Uncategorized | 0 comments

TCUlogo March 2015Join Transitional Care Management at its new Arlington Heights location for informative, interactive and complimentary CEU courses.  Each month you’re invited to learn about trends in the healthcare field from the perspective of physicians, therapists and more!  To register forupcoming courses, please RSVP to events@transitional-ah.com. 2016-Winter-Spring-TCU-Calendar-page-002

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Privatized Winchester House could move from Libertyville to Mundelein

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02 29, 2016 | Posted in Facilities, Winchester House | 0 comments

Rick Kambic Contact Reporter of the Pioneer Press
Mundelein has emerged as the potential new home of the recently privatized Winchester House nursing home. The Lake County Board voted in May 2015 to privatize the long-standing nursing home and move the facility from its current location at Winchester Road and Milwaukee Avenue within two years. The proposed Mundelein project involves a new $30 million, 93,000-square-foot building with 90 employees and up to 180 patients, according to a Mundelein village memo. Representatives from Innovative Health, the company that now runs Winchester House, attended the Feb. 22 Mundelein Village Board meeting to talk about their plans for the proposed new facility at 850 E. Route 45. The property, located next to Dover Straits restaurant, is currently covered by soccer fields. READ MORE... ct-ctlh-ct-mun-winchester-house-relocation-tl-030-20160226Innovative Health and Transitional Care Management say their proposed facility in Mundelein would look similar to their Transitional Care Center of Arlington Heights. The Mundelein project, if approved, would replace the Winchester House in Libertyville. (Courtesy of Village of Mundelein)

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Transitional Care of Arlington Heights is In the News!

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08 21, 2015 | Posted in Arlington Heights, Facilities | 0 comments

By  of the Daily Herald

Officials at the first stand-alone short-term rehabilitation center in the Northwest suburbs say they hope a stay at the Arlington Heights facility will be more like a hotel visit than a hospital stay.

Transitional Care of Arlington Heights, 1200 N. Arlington Heights Road, has 120 beds in mostly private suites for patients who need a bridge between hospital and home while recovering from acute and chronic conditions. The $27 million facility, built in a little more than a year on the site of a former AT&T building, likely will start accepting its first patients in August. READ MORE...

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Village Officials and Transitional Care Management Tie the Knot!

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08 19, 2015 | Posted in Arlington Heights, Facilities | 0 comments

Village officials joined the Transitional Care Management team at the ribbon-tying ceremony at the new Transitional Care of Arlington Heights.  Pictured left to right are: Megan Mulherin, Administrator; Charles Ross, Chief Strategy Officer; Sarah Glumm, Chief Clinical Officer; Mike Filippo, Chief Operating Officer; Denise Norman, President; David Weiss, Managing Principal of Rangeline Companies; Brian Cloch, Chief Executive Officer; Thomas Hayes, Mayor of Arlington Heights; Randy Recklaus, Arlington Heights Village Manager; Thomas Glasgow, Village Trustee; Charles Witherington-Perkins, Director of Planning and Community Development for Arlington Heights; Carol Blackwood, Mike Sidor and Jim Tanaglia, Village Trustees; Michael Mertes, Arlington Heights Business Development Coordinator; and Robin LaBedz, Village Trustee. Over 200 guests enjoyed tours of the new center, sampled signature CuisineCare delights and celebrated the debut of the new post-acute care center that will offer short-term rehabilitative care for people who are bridging the distance between hospital and home. TCAH_001 150 TCAH_001 165 TCAH_partyd_web TCAH_partyl_web TCAH_ribbontyinga_web TCAH_ribbontyingb_web TCAH_ribbontyingh_web TCAH_ribbontyingi_web TCAH_toura_web TCAH_tourg_web

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Welcome Village Representatives!

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05 22, 2015 | Posted in Arlington Heights, Facilities | 0 comments

Transitional Care Management of Arlington Heights welcomed Village representatives for a sneak peek of the first stand-alone, post-acute care center in the northwest suburbs. Pictured left to right: (front row) Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce representative Jim Platt, Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes, Village Trustee Robin LaBedz, State Representative Elaine Nekritz, TCAH Administrator Megan Mulherin and AH Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jon Ridler (back row) TCM Chief Strategy Officer Charles Ross and State Representative David Harris.

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