November 10, 2011: Breakfast of Champions
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| David and Andre. |
Therapy Resources Management recently participated in the Massachusetts Senior Care Association Conference and Trade Show at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.
David Coughlin, the Director of Business Development, represented Therapy Resources Management at the "Breakfast of Champion's" meeting with Guest Speaker, Andre Tippett. Mr. Tippett was a former Professional Football Player who played for the New England Patriots. TRM assisted in the sponsoring of the morning breakfast.
The Massachusetts Senior Care Association represents a diverse set of organizations which deliver a broad spectrum of services that meet the needs of older adults and individuals with disabilities. Their members include more than 500 Nursing and Rehabilitation facilities, Assisted Living Residences, Residential Care facilities and Continuing Care Retirement Communities.
Founded in 1949, the Mass Senior Care's mission has been to improve the quality and delivery of Long Term Care services in Massachusetts, through research, education and advocacy.
Massachusetts Senior Care facilities provide housing, healthcare and support services to more than 120,000 people each year. They employ more than 50,000 staff members and contribute more than $3 billion annually to the Massachusetts economy.
Therapy Resources Management is proud to be a sponsor and member of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association.
November 3, 2011: Additional Fax Numbers
In an effort to keep fax transfers as streamlined as possible, TRM has setup electronic fax processing (eFax). Faxes are sent to specific phone numbers and transferred into email with the fax document attached. The mechanism focuses on optimzing the fax delivery and shortens the response time.
The additional fax numbers for the different departments are:
| Billing: | 1-508-300-0273 |
| Staffing: | 1-508-300-8380 |
| Rehab At Home: | 1-508-300-0237 |
October 3, 2011: Diocese Golf Tournament
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| Brian, Doug, Sean and David. |
Therapy Resources Management recently participated in the 4th Annual Diocesan Health Facilities Golf Classic at the LaBarron Hills Country Club in Lakeville, Massachusetts on Tuesday, September 13th.
TRM was represented by David Coughlin, The Director of Business Development, Doug Kelleher, The Director of Staffing, Brian O'Connell, The Director of IT & Communications and Sean O'Grady, The Assistant Director of Operations.
The Diocesan Health Facilities, under the sponsorship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River, have as their mission, the provision of extended care to the chronically ill and disabled, with special emphasis on the care of the frail elderly. The Diocese has five facilities which include Catholic Memorial Home Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Madonna Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Marion Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Sacred Heart Home Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and Our Lady's Haven of Fairhaven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. These Diocese facilities offer a full spectrum of care that meets the resident's physical, spiritual and emotional needs.
Therapy Resources Management is proud to be partnering with the Diocesan Health facilities in providing high-quality, cost-effective rehabilitation services to the residents and patients of their homes.
September 25, 2011: Walk to End Alzheimer's
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| The Alzheimer walkers. |
Rehab at Home, a division of Therapy Resources Management, recently partnered with Roscommon Extended Care for the "Walk to End Alzheimer's" in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
David Coughlin, The Director of Business Development, represented the Rehab at Home team at this special event.
The "Walk to End Alzheimer's" is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research.
Since 1989, the "Walk to End Alzheimer's" has attracted millions of individuals, of all ages, to join the fight against Alzheimer's disease. The number of people diagnosed, every year, with Alzheimer's is growing at an alarming rate. The walk has raised more than $347 million dollars for the cause.
Magic 106.7's Nancy Quill and WCVB - TV Channel 5 Meteorologist, Harvey Leonard Co-MC'd this year's walk in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rehab at Home and Therapy Resources Management are pleased to have been a major contributor to this worthwhile cause.
September 20, 2011: Marian Manor Golf Tournament
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| The sisters of Marian Manor with the golf team. |
Therapy Resources Management recently participated in Marian Manor's "Fall Classic Golf Tournament" at the Wollaston Golf Club in Milton, Massachusetts.
TRM was represented by David Coughlin, The Director of Business Development, Doug Kelleher, The Director of Staffing, Brian O'Connell, The Director of IT & Communications and David Siegal, Recruiter.
Marian Manor is a non-profit skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located in the Historic Dorchester Heights area of South Boston. The facility offers a 42 - bed post-acute short term and long term care unit.
In 1929, in New York City, Reverend Mother M. Angeline Teresa founded the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. It was Mother Teresa's desire to preserve the independence and personal dignity of the elderly in the spirit of the American Way of Life. The mission of Marian Manor, and of the Carmelite Sisters, is to provide holistic care in an atmosphere of Christian understanding and faith.
Therapy Resources Management is proud to be partnering with Marian Manor and the Carmelite Sisters in providing high-quality, cost effective rehabilitation services to the residents and patients in their facility.
September 1, 2011: German Centre Golf Tournament
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| The TRM team. |
Therapy Resources Management recently participated in the 19th Annual Deutsches Altenheim Golf Classic at the Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Massachusetts on Monday, August 22nd.
TRM was represented by David Coughlin, The Director of Business Development, Doug Kelleher, The Director of Staffing and Brian O'Connell, The Director of IT & Communications.
The German Centre for Extended Care (Deutsches Altenheim) is a greater Boston leader in providing Long-Term Care, Short-Term Rehabilitation, Alzheimer's Care, Adult Day Care and Assisted Living.
Therapy Resources Management is pleased to be providing high-quality, cost-effective rehabilitation services to the residents and patients of the German Centre for Extended Care.
March 17, 2011: RAH satellite office
Rehab-At-Home, TRM's home healthcare division, opens a satellite office on April 1st, at 250 Milton Street, Dedham, MA 02026.
Working closely with our patients, the hospitals and nursing homes, requires flexibility and short reaction times. The new satellite office enables Rehab-At-Home's to continue having these high quality standards and ensures excellent communication regarding clinical needs thus providing the best local services once a patient is discharged to home.
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March 8, 2011: Blood pressure clinic
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| Rehab-at-Home ... | ... measures blood pressure. |
Rehab-At-Home, TRM's division that provides quality, customized rehabilitation and health care services for patients in their home, has begun offering a free blood pressure clinics across the southcoast of MA.
Health tests and screening make it possible for you to detect and treat disease early and the earlier a problem is caught the better. Healthcare practitioners also use the information to evaluate if you are at risk for certain medical conditions that can then be prevented.
Rehab-At-Home offers a coordinated clinical team to meet specific needs, including provision for one's old age and safety evaluations.
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February 3, 2011: TRM President
Letter to All TRM Employees and Clients
It is with great pride and pleasure that, effective immediately, we announce the promotion of Uma Rajagopal, to the position of President. Uma joined TRM in 2003 as Vice President of Operations. Since then she has successfully taken TRM into a growth mode and has added three divisions to the company: TRM Staffing, Rehab at Home and Global Provider Services.
We have the utmost confidence in Uma and with that she has been given complete control of all operational decisions for the company. This control extends to all divisions of the company and includes all marketing, sales, client relations, operations, etc.
Please join us in congratulating Uma and we would ask that going forward if there are any questions, issues or concerns of any kind, that they be directly communicated to Uma Rajagopal, President/CEO of Therapy Resources Management, LLC. We appreciate your past business and look forward to your continued support.
Sincerely,
THERAPY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, LLC
Brian Pontolilo, Owner Armand Bergeron, Owner Ronald Diurba, Owner
September 14, 2010: Global Provider Services
TRM is proud to introduce GPS (Global Provider Services). GPS is a division of Therapy Resources Management, LLC, a Massachusetts based independently owned provider of rehabilitation services. We have been under the same management for fifteen years and have provided services to over 200 long term care facilities ranging in size from 30 to 300 beds. During the past fifteen years we have grown and expanded to include Staffing Services, Home Care Services and now Management Services.
In this ever changing Medicare environment, GPS can provide you with onsite training, documentation audits, revenue maximization, preparation for RACs and denials, teach long term care programming and a host of additional services.
"We not only show you the problems, we bring you the solutions."
As a local therapist owned organization, we are most responsive to our clients' needs even before issues arise. We do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason and we are here to partner with you. We have the expertise of the larger organizations in managing your rehab services to deliver quality care to your residents and to maximize your reimbursement.
Please feel free to contact us to see if we can assist you with Management, Full Service, Staffing or Home Care.
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May 1, 2010: Electronic documentation
In our constant process to increase the quality of clinical documentation, increasing staff efficiency, and while also optimizing the financial bottom line for rehab facilities, TRM extends electronic processing of documentation, billing and payroll by introducing a WEB based software to the field.
In collaboration between TRM clients on one hand and TRM's clinical management and IT department on the other TRM provides hardware to the facilities that allows all kinds of clinical processes to be entered into Giftrap's Rehab Optima Software.
The key benefits of this project include:
- Easy access for therapists to enter clinical information
- Unique design of clinical documentation
- Built-in payer rules for regulatory compliance including reflection of changes in Medicare regulations and MDS 3.0 transition
- Increased productivity and efficiency
- Billing data exports that allow clients to import billing data into 3rd party software
- Flexible and customized report creation of standard rehab management and clinical reporting
As the project moves forward, we will continue to keep you posted on the new improvements!
January 19, 2010: Haiti earthquake
Letter to our TRM Associates,
We have all seen the media images of the devastation in Haiti and have watched while the relief effort builds to try to remedy the plight of the Haitian people.
All of us are wondering what we can do to assist in these efforts. Multiple agencies have said that money is what is most needed at this time. The logistics of delivering goods prohibits us from the donation of needed materials at this time.
TRM and its ownership have donated money to the American Red Cross and to an Orphanage that is operated in Haiti. I would encourage all of you at this time to try to find it possible to make some monetary donation to a reputable charity that will benefit the Haitian People now.
As I have stated before, all of us have been blessed with continued employment in these difficult times and need to help those not quite so fortunate. I thank you for your continued spirit of giving.
Sincerely,
THERAPY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, LLC
Brian A. Pontolilo
April 11, 2009: Joint Commission Public Notice Regarding Safety & Quality of Care
The Joint Commission is going to conduct an initial accreditation survey of Rehab at Home, a Home Health Agency. The purpose of the survey is to evaluate the organization's compliance with nationally established Joint Commission standards. The survey results are used to determine whether –– and the conditions under which –– accreditation should be awarded to Rehab at Home.
Joint Commission standards deal with organization and safety quality–of–care issues and the safety of the environment in which care is provided.
As a patient, family member, community representative or employee of Rehab at Home, you have the right to notify The Joint Commission regarding any concern about the quality of care provided, safety of care provided, or safety of the environment in which care is provided. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent and valid information about such matters should notify The Joint Commission.
Division of Accreditation Operations
Operations Office of Quality Monitoring
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181 USA
Phone –– toll free 800-994-6610
Fascimile –– 630-792-5636
December 31, 2008: Pay it forward
Dear TRM Associates,
Unless you have been on a deserted Island the last few months you know that the global economy has taken unprecedented losses and we are experiencing financial history that most of us have never seen.
While the Healthcare segment of the economy has had some severe budgetary swings over the last ten years we all need to feel very grateful that we have chosen professions that at least up until now have been relatively insulated from the closures and massive lay offs experienced by other industries and professions. There continues to be need for our services and steady funding to support what we do on a day to day basis. That is not to say that the cuts in government funding and employed individuals with insurance may not affect us in the future. However, as I write this we as a profession are still enjoying steady employment and payment.
With this thought in mind, my partners and I have thought about what we will do to give back over the Holiday Season. We recognize that a lot of families are hurting and holidays may not be so bright for parents wishing they could give their children that special gift when home heating and food are their major priorities. We have decided to make donations to several charities that will directly benefit those in need, including Toys for Tots and an Orphanage as well as a Soup Kitchen in our area. I would encourage all of you to do the same if you can afford it.
Many of our associates have had issues this year but as a group we are very blessed and should consider the "Pay It Forward" idea of giving. I wish you all a very happy and healthy holiday season and continued prosperity in 2009.
Sincerely,
THERAPY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, LLC
Brian A. Pontolilo
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