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Partnering With FacilitiesAt Vericare, we understand the challenges facing skilled care facility administrators. Today, more than 40 percent of facility residents exhibit signs of clinical depression or anxiety; while 40 percent of dementia patients present additional psychiatric symptoms. Untreated, these residents require extra staff time, increase costs and make it difficult to deliver appropriate care for all. Time that should be spent interacting with new patients, their families and other loved ones can be lost attending to the needs of patients with undiagnosed and untreated behavioral conditions. Skilled care facility administrators are frequently challenged to find adequate solutions to provide mental health care for their elderly patients. Nationally, fewer than five percent of nursing home residents with reported behavioral disorders receive the appropriate treatment they need.
Vericare helps us provide a complete therapy program
“Our mission is to rehabilitate our patients and return them to their previous living arrangements. Vericare mental health professionals work in conjunction with our physicians, nurses, dieticians and administrative staff to provide a complete therapy program for our patients.”
Christina Torrinello, Social Services Director Village Square Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, San Marcos, CA
At Vericare, we are here to help. Vericare provides a complete system of behavioral healthcare and wellness program for residents of long term and skilled care facilities at virtually no cost to the facility. When you partner with Vericare to deliver geriatric behavioral healthcare treatment to your residential patients, you will be assigned a licensed clinician who is trained to understand the mental health needs of seniors and is experienced in working in residential, long term care facilities. Vericare’s licensed clinicians include:
Our healthcare professionals will be matched to your facility’s needs. Vericare clinicians conduct assessments, formulate treatment plans and typically perform one or more of the following clinical services for residents within skilled nursing facilities:
Best of all, most of these services are performed at no cost to the nursing home or skilled nursing facility. In most cases, Vericare bills Medicare (part B) or private insurance for the services provided to referred patients, so the facility has no financial obligations for the behavioral services. Occasionally when “non-covered” services are ordered for residents a direct bill arrangement to the facility can be made. |
 We invite you to explore becoming a Vericare partner. There is no cost to your facility for doing so. For more information, you may review these frequently asked questions and schedule a private consultation with Dennis Walsh by calling 1-800-257-8715 x1121 Our behavioral experts are hired and trained with the intent of having them become a truly integrated member of your facility’s care giving team and your on-site mental health expert. In addition to valuable one-on-one patient interactions, upon request you can expect:
While we are always looking for opportunities to expand our service area, our current markets served include 10 regions in seven states including: Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Indiana Our staff includes doctoral level psychologists, psychiatric physicians, licensed clinical social workers, and advanced practice nurses. Each of our staff is:
We know that:
In most cases, Vericare bills Medicare (Part B) or private insurance for the services provided to referred patients, so the facility has no financial obligations for the behavioral services. Occasionally when “non-covered” services are ordered for residents a direct bill arrangement to the facility can be made. With Vericare, you have the peace of mind of knowing that you are affiliated with America’s oldest and largest behavioral health care provider. We pride ourselves on the professional development, in-staff training and regulatory compliance required of each of our clinicians. No other organization can match the specialized training programs we provide in eldercare behavioral health and wellness. We are the leading behavioral healthcare company in America specializing in geriatric healthcare. Yes, we are always looking for opportunities to grow and enter new markets where we can contribute to the well being of seniors in residential skilled care and long term care settings. For additional information, please contact: |
