LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2017--
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred” or the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) today
released a summary of some of its major achievements in 2016.
“In 2016, we made significant progress in our continuing efforts to grow
the Company and improve our quality outcomes across our care settings,”
said
Benjamin A. Breier
, Kindred’s President and Chief Executive
Officer. “We are setting the foundation for a stronger Kindred as we
drive effective patient-centered care solutions and proactively address
the changing healthcare marketplace.”
Major 2016 highlights include:
Partnerships with Leading Health Systems – In 2016,
Kindred announced four new partnerships with leading health systems
across the country to build and operate inpatient rehabilitation
hospitals in California (with Palomar Health), Iowa (with Mercy Medical
Center-Des Moines), New Jersey (with Atlantic Health System) and
Washington (with CHI Franciscan Health). Three of the four hospitals are
scheduled to open in 2018 and the California facility is expected to
open in 2019. In January 2016, Kindred opened its second inpatient
rehabilitation hospital in the Cleveland area in partnership with
University Hospitals. In October 2016, Kindred opened a new inpatient
rehabilitation hospital in Chandler, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, in
partnership with Dignity Health.
Kindred at Home – Kindred continued to expand its home
health, hospice and personal care services through organic growth and
the acquisition of existing agencies and licenses to provide services.
Kindred acquired the in-home healthcare operations from the Arkansas
Department of Health, which included licenses to provide home health,
hospice and personal care services throughout the state. In South
Carolina, Kindred at Home also acquired licenses to provide home health
services across the entire state. In total, Kindred at Home added over
40 new sites of service in 2016 through acquisitions and start-ups.
Fortune Most Admired – In 2016, Kindred was named one of
Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Healthcare Companies for the seventh
time.
Kindred and its facilities have been recognized for their efforts to
improve quality patient care, which include the following:
Quality Care
Baldrige Award – Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Mountain Valley in Kellogg, Idaho, is one of four recipients of the
2016 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s most
prestigious recognition for performance excellence. Mountain Valley is
the first nursing center to receive a Baldrige Award in the program’s
history.
Kindred at Home – In 2016, 132 of Kindred at Home’s home health
locations were named to the HomeCare Elite list, which identifies the
nation’s top 25% of Medicare-certified agencies. In another measure of
quality performance, in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’
(“CMS”) Five-Star Rating System, which recognizes the highest quality
care, 269 Kindred at Home home health locations had four or more stars
for quality of patient care and 271 locations had four or more stars for
patient satisfaction with home healthcare. Additionally, in 2016, our
personal home care assistance locations significantly outperformed
national benchmarks in client satisfaction.
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus – Kindred House Calls, the
Company’s Home-Based Primary Care (“HBPC”) practice, is one of more than
2,900 primary care practices nationwide participating in Comprehensive
Primary Care Plus, a partnership between payor partners from CMS, state
Medicaid agencies, commercial health plans, self-insured businesses and
primary care providers. This partnership is designed to provide improved
access to quality healthcare at lower costs. Kindred House Calls is one
of the largest HBPC practices in the nation, with approximately 100
practitioners providing care to more than 10,000 patients annually in 12
markets in five states.
Medicare Shared Savings Program – In August 2016, CMS announced
that the Las Vegas, Nevada-based Silver State Accountable Care
Organization (“ACO”), of which Kindred is a strategic owner and partner,
was among only 22% of the nation’s Medicare Shared Savings ACOs that
generated savings for the 2015 performance year. When an ACO exceeds
quality and financial thresholds – demonstrating achievement of
high-quality care and wiser spending of healthcare dollars – it is able
to share in the savings generated for Medicare.
Education and Corporate Citizenship
Clinical Impact Symposium – In November 2016, Kindred
conducted its eighth Annual Clinical Impact Symposium – Pain Management:
Across the Continuum – attracting educators, physicians, clinicians and
therapists from all divisions to learn from the nation’s leading experts
on pain management. By bringing together over 300 professionals from
across the Kindred enterprise and from many different disciplines,
Kindred furthered its commitment to provide the best in
interdisciplinary care for its patients and customers.
Social Responsibility – Kindred’s commitment to its patients and
residents extends to helping raise money and awareness to fight the
diseases that most affect them and their loved ones. Throughout 2016,
Kindred employees nationwide participated in events and fundraisers
strengthening the Company’s state and national relationships with the
American Lung Association, the Alzheimer’s Association and the American
Heart Association. Together raising nearly $700,000 across the country,
Kindred fights to bring awareness to the diseases that our patients
experience.
Awards and Achievements
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Modern Healthcare magazine recognized Mr. Breier among the most
influential leaders in healthcare.
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Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth, Texas, ranked eighth on
Fortune’s list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Women. Texas
Rehabilitation Hospital is a partnership of Kindred Rehabilitation
Services and Texas Health Resources. In addition, the hospital ranked
23rd on a Fortune list of 100 Best Medium Workplaces. Medium
Workplaces are for employers with between 100 and 999 employees.
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The staff at Kindred Hospital Seattle - First Hill in Seattle,
Washington, was included on the State Department of Health’s 2016
Honor Roll for Antimicrobial Stewardship. The honor commends
facilities where the staff is working to improve antibiotic use,
reduce antibiotic resistance and improve patient outcomes.
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Three of the Company’s nursing centers and one assisted living
facility received a 2016 Silver Quality Award from the American Health
Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. In addition,
one nursing center and one sub-acute unit received a 2016 Bronze
Award. One of the Silver Award recipients, Kindred Living at Village
Crossings in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, received the Maine Health Care
Association 2016 Celebrating Excellence in Quality Award. The awards
are given annually to long-term care providers that are making
significant strides toward achieving and maintaining quality.
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Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation - Golden Gate in San Francisco,
California, was one of five recipients of the California Awards for
Performance Excellence Eureka Award, as presented by the California
Council for Excellence. Honorees are recognized based on the Baldrige
Framework for Performance Excellence for their outstanding commitment
to sustainable excellence through innovation, continuous improvement
and visionary leadership.
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Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation - Park Place in Great
Falls, Montana, received the Recognition of Excellence Award from
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. CMS supports the National Nursing
Home Quality Care Collaborative (“NNHQCC”) through the Quality
Improvement Organization program. Mountain-Pacific Quality Health is
the local facilitator for Montana. The NNHQCC’s goals are to instill
quality and performance improvement practices, eliminate
healthcare-acquired conditions and improve resident satisfaction. As a
measure to reflect achievement of these goals, CMS created a
“composite score” system to assess quality of care based on 13 quality
measures. The awards are based on each facility’s composite score, its
licensure with the Office of Healthcare Licensing and Survey
(Montana’s state survey agency) and its certification with CMS.
About Kindred Healthcare
Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-90 private employer in the United
States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in
Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of approximately $7.2 billion(1).
As of October 1, 2016, Kindred through its subsidiaries had
approximately 102,200 employees providing healthcare services in 2,702
locations in 46 states, including 82 long-term acute care hospitals, 19
inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 91 nursing centers, 19 sub-acute
units, 647 Kindred at Home home health, hospice and non-medical home
care sites of service, 104 inpatient rehabilitation units
(hospital-based) and contract rehabilitation service businesses which
served 1,740 non-affiliated sites of service. Ranked as one of Fortune
magazine’s Most Admired Healthcare Companies for seven years, Kindred’s
mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and
produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer,
employee and shareholder we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
(1) Revenues based upon Kindred consolidated revenues for the twelve
months ended September 30, 2016.
Source: Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Susan E. Moss, 502-596-7296
Senior
Vice President, Marketing and Communications