What Did Your Auntie Tell You? VALLEY VIEW BIDS 2014

Dear Nieces and Nephews, there is quite a bit of material here, but please read on!

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EXCERPT FROM LETTER RE BIDS FOR VALLEY VIEW FROM PAUL ERNENWEIN LDC CHAIR:

ORANGE VALLEY VIEW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

PUBLIC SUMMARY OF RFP RESULTS

August 6, 2014

                In the interests of transparency and providing the general public and County of Orange with an overview of bid responses, Orange Valley View Development Corporation (“OVVDC”) is providing the general details in this outline for review and edification.  OVVDC will continue to review bid details and undertake a thoughtful and deliberate process to prioritize the responses and determine whether to consider selection of a bidder that will not only provide a meaningful acquisition price, but also provide the highest quality of care, provide enhancements to the Valley View Facility, and commit to a workforce plan that with retain jobs.

Bidder Names:

Upstate Services Group

Zenith Care Health Group

Sympaticare

VestraCare

Centers for Specialty Care Group

Allure Group

Comprehensive Healthcare

Focus Ventures

Price Range of Bids:

$24,500,000 - $30,000,000 

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The Letter continues with a cursory glance at each bidder; their commitment to issues such as quality of care, capital investment and employee retention. The quality of care rankings are not a complete ranking of all of the homes listed by each group. The letter does state “This summary is not ranked or ordered.” And this letter by no means provides a good HARD look at each of the bidders. IF the legislators rely solely on this letter from the LDC Chair, Attorney Paul Ernenwein, as the source of information in their decision making process, then they do a disservice to us, themselves, the county and, most importantly, the residents of Valley View!!!

Paul Ernenwein, Esq. of Catania, Mann, Milligram and Rider  May be reached at: pernenwein@cmmrlegal.com

If each legislator is not reviewing the reports on http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/  for each home owned/operated by each group (even all of the 210 listed by Zenith), then they are derelict in their duty as an elected official! AND when this comes to a vote, each one of you legislators better have answers to our questions about quality of care (and why you would vote to sell in the first place) because Auntie is calling on ALL of her Dear Nieces and Nephews to go to the DOH website and look up the reports on these Groups and the Homes that they own/operate! Dear Nipoti, divide the labor, delegate, share the  work, Auntie has started it for you by doing the first four of the eight! Post your results! Let's connect the dots! Here is the info to get you started:

Upstate Services Group There are 8 nursing homes matching your search for Upstate Services Group. E.g. Beth Abraham: http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/nursing_homes/inspection/369

Zenith Care Health Group

There are 210 nursing homes matching your search for Zenith Care Health Group.

(including Golden Hill in Ulster and Helen Hayes in Rockland- AND A BIG SURPRISE note this for later- see separate page or go to the following website for the complete listings of this and the 185 listed by Centers for Specialty Care) http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/searches/name

e.g. Glengariff in Glen Cove LI :

http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/nursing_homes/inspection/157

              

Sympaticare

There are 0 nursing homes matching your search for Sympaticare. (NYS DOH)

(They just bought Summit Park in Pomona.) http://www.sympaticare.com/ website under construction. They are listed as: Summit Park Acquisition Group:

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2014/07/16/rocklands-summit-park-sells-million/12746961/  

“Summit Park Acquisition Group is led by Rockland County resident Shalom “Shully” Braunstein, a licensed nursing home administrator who will oversee the daily operations of the Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center. His father Barry is the owner of several nursing homes in the Bronx. The county is to receive $36 million in the sale.”  http://www.rocklandtimes.com/2014/07/16/summit-park-sold-for-36-million/  basically, his Daddy is in the business, so we should consider him. Maybe Ed Day gave preference to (Rockland) county residents.

From NYS DOS website:

Selected Entity Name: SUMMIT PARK ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC

Selected Entity Status Information
Current Entity Name:	SUMMIT PARK ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC
DOS ID #:	4587029
Initial DOS Filing Date:	JUNE 04, 2014
County:	ROCKLAND
Jurisdiction:	DELAWARE
Entity Type:	FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Current Entity Status:	ACTIVE

Selected Entity Address Information

DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)

SUMMIT PARK ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC 12 SOPHIA STREET MONSEY, NEW YORK, 10952

Registered Agent

NONE

 

There are 31 nursing homes matching your search for Summit Park acquisition group. (NYS DOH) http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/searches/name

Take a look at the Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center inspection report (one of the homes owned/operated by Summit Park Acquisition Group (which does not list any key executives according to Bloomberg Business) : http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/nursing_homes/inspection/10

Centers for Specialty Care Group

There are 185 nursing homes matching your search for Centers for Specialty Care Group. (NYS DOH) http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/searches/name

Including Golden Hill, Helen Hayes and Middletown Park. AND THE BIG SURPRISE! When you query both Zenith and Centers for Specialty care: THE VALLEY VIEW CENTER FOR NURSING CARE AND REHABILITATION!!!! and SUMMIT PARK NURSING CARE CENTER of Goshen NY and Pomona NY respectively are generated in each list. When you click on the name of the facility, Orange County and Rockland County are listed as the operators.

Wait a minute!!! ? Why would Valley View be on a list generated by the query "Zenith Care Health Group" and one for "Centers for Specialty Care"?? And why would Summit Park be on a list generated by the query "Zenith Care Health Group", "Centers for Specialty Care" AND "Summit Park Acquisition Group"?

What gives? Would you please explain, Mr. LDC Chair? 

From the NYS DOS website:

Selected Entity Name: CENTERS FOR SPECIALTY CARE GROUP IPA, LLC

Selected Entity Status Information
Current Entity Name:	CENTERS FOR SPECIALTY CARE GROUP IPA, LLC
DOS ID #:	4424541
Initial DOS Filing Date:	JUNE 28, 2013
County:	BRONX
Jurisdiction:	NEW YORK
Entity Type:	DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Current Entity Status:	ACTIVE

Selected Entity Address Information

DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)

CENTERS FOR SPECIALTY CARE GROUP IPA, LLC 1601 BRONXDALE AVENUE SUITE 209 BRONX, NEW YORK, 10462

Registered Agent

NONE

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Selected Entity Name: CENTERS FOR SPECIALTY CARE GROUP LLC

Selected Entity Status Information
Current Entity Name:	CENTERS FOR SPECIALTY CARE GROUP LLC
DOS ID #:	3916372
Initial DOS Filing Date:	FEBRUARY 24, 2010
County:	BRONX
Jurisdiction:	NEW YORK
Entity Type:	DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Current Entity Status:	ACTIVE

Selected Entity Address Information

DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)

CENTERS FOR SPECIALTY CARE GROUP LLC 4770 WHITE PLAINS ROAD 3RD FLOOR BRONX, NEW YORK, 10470

Registered Agent

NONE

This office does not require or maintain information regarding the names and addresses of members or managers of nonprofessional limited liability companies. Professional limited liability companies must include the name(s) and address(es) of the original members, however this information is not recorded and only available by viewing the certificate.

*Stock Information

# of Shares	Type of Stock	$ Value per Share
	No Information Available

*Stock information is applicable to domestic business corporations.

Name History

Filing Date	Name Type	Entity Name
FEB 24, 2010	Actual	CENTERS FOR SPECIALTY CARE GROUP LLC

A Fictitious name must be used when the Actual name of a foreign entity is unavailable for use in New York State. The entity must use the fictitious name when conducting its activities or business in New York State.

NOTE: New York State does not issue organizational identification numbers.

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No business entities were found for Zenith Care Health Group.

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This may not be nefarious but certainly requires an explanation, don’t you think?

Now these are just the first four of the eight bidders and Auntie Alibi’s cursory glance. Take a look at what Mr. Ernenwein produced for the legislators and the LDC board (This is the work product of an attorney? Seems more like one of Dain’s summations.) Please note that other than mentioning this information is provided by the bidders, there are NO proof sources cited. So, did they rank themselves? Did their friends rank them? Did Mr. Paul Ernenwein? So much left unsaid…

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EXCERPT FROM LDC LETTER AGAIN: (Red is ours)

Upstate Services Group

Quality of Care: Provided the Star Rating and Deficiency History for all 15 Properties they own/operate. Quality Star Ratings  Average: 3.2     Deficiency History: They provide the number of tags by facility, but nothing provided about the type or severity of the Deficiency or the Tag Violation. 

Capital Improvements & Expansion of Services:  Offering $3,000,000 Capital Improvement Commitment to Facility.   USG has added Assisted Living to existing operations following a transactions.

Employee Retention:  Offering all current employees the opportunity to submit employment applications.  Current employees will then be given preference to be retained as USG needs employees to carry out service.  New employees will be made aware of salary and benefits prior to being employed so they can make an informed decision.  In 3 of their 15 previous acquisitions they retained over 95% of all employees, including the Onondaga transaction.

Zenith Care Health Group

Quality of Care:  ZHC has only owned their portfolio for a brief period of time, so they provide their Quality Star Ratings for their operational period as well as survey results.  For their longest operating asset, the most recent Medicare.gov Star Rating for Quality Measures or Survey Results. Quality Star Ratings Average: 4* (it takes as much as three years to get a higher star rating if it was run poorly for a previous operator).  Deficiency History: No IJ Tags.

Capital Improvements & Expansion of Services: Offering $2,000,000 Capital Improvement Commitment to Facility with plans to expand services.

Employee Retention:  ZHC expressed their intention to retain as many as employees as possible with Seniority maintained,.  Positions would be offered to all or substantially all of the current employees.  Rates of pay will be comparable to proprietary facilities in the region with CBAs.  For Livingston Hills, which is a New York-based they recently acquired, they retained 100% of the employees at their current salary and seniority levels.

Sympaticare

Quality of Care:  Provided Quality Measure Star Ratings for all 7 Facilities they own: Quality Star Ratings Avg: 4.5 Deficiency History: Several Life Safety and Health deficiencies for each facility.  Severity is not listed, but has been requested.  (7 facilities owned? Not according to the DOH, a source would be appreciated –Auntie Alibi)

Capital Improvements & Expansion of Services: Offering $2,000,000 (minimum) Capital Improvement Commitment to Facility.  Offering to establish Transitional Care and Other Forms of Post-Acute Care.

Employee Retention:  Upon Completion of Application, background check and review of personnel file for good standing, existing and new employees would be interviewed and retained for future employment.  Would offer a wage and benefit plans through a fresh CBA.  Have retained all of the employees following acquisitions in the past. 

Centers for Specialty Care Group

Quality of Care: Quality Star Ratings Average: 4 .2.  Deficiency History: Provided.  Tag Severity over a G in 2014, 2013 and 2012 respectively: 1, 5, 6

Capital Improvements & Expansion of Services:  Offering Capital Improvement to Facility depending on determination of need.  States that they will explore options as it pertains to expansion of services.

Employee Retention:  Reference the last three county facilities the purchased in the last 3 months, and said that they only laid off only 4 people.  They identify that may not be the case at Valley View, but without truly understanding the needs at the Facility they cannot provide a hard number.  They hope that their past actions serve as a strong indicator. 

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Give yourself five stars!!!

If anyone ever needed an Alibi, in our opinion,  it is this LDC Chair, the OC Legislature and the OC Executive.

And maybe, just maybe, some of these bidders.