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Signature HealthCARE Moves National HQ to Louisville, Creates Long-Term Care Innovation Center

Signature HealthCARE, LLC, a long-term healthcare facility operator based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, recently announced the company will relocate its national headquarters to Louisville, Kentucky.  The move will initially create 96 new jobs and the company will acquire a 65,630 square-foot facility, which will serve as its national headquarters including corporate management and facility operational support functions.  As part of the move, Signature HealthCARE announced a partnership with Nucleus, the University of Louisville’s driving force behind a life sciences hub in downtown Louisville, to create the International Center for Long Term Care Innovation.  The new center will house and assist in the development of early-stage health technology and services companies seeking to bring new ideas to the aging care industry.

“Signature HealthCARE is a unique organization that believes it can radically transform long-term care in this country through its key organizational pillars: intra-preneurship, learning and spirituality,” said E. Joseph Steier III, president & CEO of Signature HealthCARE.  “Louisville, Kentucky will provide a great central location with one of the best quality of life environments for families, rich university partnerships and an amazing talent pool to foster aggressive growth. A key differentiator for the decision was the true collaborative effort of the economic development teams at both the state and local levels. We welcome the incentive package as support to facilitate our move from south Florida. Our team is truly excited to call Louisville our permanent home.”

 

NPR’s All Things Considered Profiles The Villages

The best thing about being stuck in the back of a bad taxi ride in DC last week was that the driver was listening to NPR when “All Things Considered” profiled the Villages retirement community in Florida.  The piece gives a good overview of the juggernaut the Villages has become, especially with the relationship with the county and the developer’s control over the community.  The story is about 12 minutes long and is audio.  For the written article, visit this link.

Legacy of Leesburg Nears Completion in Central Florida

leesburg Legacy of Leesburg, a central Florida Active Adult Community, is nearing completion as the final phase of developed lots has been opened for sale.  The 600 acre community, located 45 minutes northwest of Orlando, is being built by Pringle Homebuilding Group.  The project will include over 900 custom and semi-custom homes and is completely resident owned.  The homes, priced from the $160s, will have a 16 month deferred home construction program to protect current pricing. 

Masonicare Healthcare Center Selects InteGreat EHR

 Masonicare Healthcare Center, a senior services provider in Connecticut, announced that it is implementing InteGreat EHR for its web-based electronic health record management system.  The Masonicare Health Center, which provides acute care, skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation, and several specialty clinics and therapies, will use the system to manage workflows to improve clinical and operational outcomes.  InteGreat EHR has has been deployed to over 13,000 users nationwide on its application service provider (ASP) model that allows an EHR solution without the need for IT issues to support the system.

"We selected MED3OOO as our healthcare management partner last year for Revenue Cycle Management, Practice Management Oversight, and Coding Services, and have been tremendously pleased with the results and improvements we have seen with our operations," said Bill Piper, Senior Vice President for Continuum Services for Masonicare. "It only made sense to select the InteGreat EHR technology, knowing that MED3OOO will continue to provide us direction and strategy to make sure the product will be successfully implemented and meet Meaningful Use requirements. The advantage of partnering with MED3OOO is that they have operational expertise and understand workflows.