Signature Rehab is featured as the cover story in this month’s issue of Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine. The article includes interviews with several Signature Rehab staff members, along with photos from Signature HealthCARE of Cherokee Park.
For more, visit the website for Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine.
A crowd of about 300 gathered on Thursday, May 2, at Signature’s Louisville headquarters for the company’s second annual interfaith National Day of Prayer celebration.
Among attendees were residents and staff from four of Signature’s Louisville-area homes, along with local and national civic leaders, employees from Signature’s home office, and other special guests. Representatives from several different religions and faiths joined on stage to offer unique prayers of healing and unity.
Signature HealthCARE is proud to announce that more than half of its facilities have now earned four- or five-star rankings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Under CMS’ five-star rating system, nursing homes are assessed in three main categories: health inspections, quality measures and staffing. The overall rating combines scores received in each of the three categories. A five-star ranking, the highest score a nursing home can achieve, is considered ‘much above average,’ while a four-star ranking is considered ‘above average.’
Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center this week hosted an impromptu barbecue for residents to have a little fun, and to get better acquainted with Signature HealthCARE.
Oakview is one of a few Kentucky facilities Signature recently acquired, as of April 1. The 100-bed nursing and rehab center is located in Calvert City, Ky., near Paducah.
An Easter prayer service last week at Signature’s home office, in Louisville, Ky., served as an opportunity to acknowledge Holy Week, but also for stakeholders to reflect on and discuss many other powerful themes.
Led by Signature President and CEO Joe Steier and Vice President of Spirituality Dianne Timmering, the group touched on a variety of topics such as freedom, grace, perspective, the importance of being grateful and new beginnings – that God makes all things new. Discussion ranged from work related (the impact of sequestration on long-term care and the importance of doing excellent work) to that of a much more personal nature.
Kathy Gallin, Signature’s Director of Legislative Affairs, below recounts a recent trip to meet with Maryland lawmakers and discuss issues affecting to long-term care providers, and the residents who are placed in the care of those providers.
On Tuesday, March 12, teams from our Maryland facilities had the opportunity to travel to Annapolis to participate in a ‘Lobby Day’ meeting with legislators to discuss numerous issues relating to our LTC initiatives and state government planning, including the Maryland State budget, reimbursement rates for long term care providers, legislative issues and changing healthcare policy.
Signature President and CEO Joe Steier was one of three Louisville-area health care professionals to be named a ‘Leader of the Year’ by Business First newspaper. The other two honorees are Norton Healthcare President and CEO Steve Williams, and the University of Louisville’s Dr. Roberto Bolli.
A full-length article about Joe was featured in the local business paper’s annual Partners in Health Care publication. To read the article, click the link below.
Quality of Life leaders from across the company gathered this week at Signature’s home office to reconnect with peers, share ideas and learn more about quality of life at Signature HealthCARE going forward.
QOL representatives from all 72 Signature buildings were in attendance and were split into two separate groups for the first two days of the three-day meeting. The Rural and Serenity segments gathered in one room, with the Urban and Post Acute segments in another.
Signature Chief Strategy Officer George Burkley recently spoke to the chamber of commerce in Washington County Florida, where SHC recently acquired its first hospital, Northwest Florida Community Hospital. Read below to find out what he said about the changes health care faces in the coming years. (Click images to enlarge.)
Signature affiliate InnovateLTC recently hosted its first InnovAGE Show, featuring an all-star panel of aging care experts for a discussion about consumerism and innovation as they relate to aging care. The panel included Dr. Christian Furman, Vice Chair for Geriatrics at the University of Louisville and an adviser to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation; Mary Haynes, CEO of Nazareth Home in Louisville; and Jody Holtzman and Jeff Makowka, with the AARP Thought Leadership Group.
