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Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
Dear Friends,
We are pleased to present the 2013 ad journal. This ad journal is proof that we are a community who understands, values and supports this 92-year-young continuum of care senior facility. Despite this challenging economy, the 2013 ad journal raised a total of $210,000.
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute distinguishes itself by seeking and achieving accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, a private nongovernmental agency that establishes guidelines for the operation of health care facilities, conducts accreditation programs and surveys, and encourages the attainment of high standards of institutional medical care in the United States. Of the 314 long-term care facilities in the State, approximately 12% took those extra steps necessary to seek accreditation, a voluntary process. DMC is proud to be included in this elite group. In addition, we proudly note that we are the only Jewish long-term care facility in the entire State of New Jersey to meet the Commission’s high standards of care, far exceeding government guidelines.
DMC achieves such excellence because of its people. From the nurses, staff and administration, to the Board of Trustees and volunteers, the Center is filled with people who create a community of caring, dignity and respect, following Jewish traditions and values. Our parents and grandparents who live here depend on the staff and we, the donors, have many reasons to be proud of our support.
Renovation is ongoing as we strive to remain competitive in this ever-changing healthcare landscape. Naming opportunities still exist which offer a very meaningful opportunity for special donors and/or families. We are available to discuss these and other possibilities with you at any time, and invite you to tour the Center to see all these exciting changes.
We, the Board of Trustees, will continue to work hard to ensure that this facility will always be here to serve our Jewish community, providing these very necessary services for our seniors and fulfilling our responsibility and obligation to future generations.
To those of you who participated, now more than ever, we thank you. We look forward to continued and, possibly, increased support in the years to come. Let us all be proud that in these difficult times of government cutbacks our gifts are making a difference.
Thank you. Avi Safer Ad Journal Chairman
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PlATInuM $10,000
A. L. Levine Family Foundation, Inc. The Steiger Family*
Lewis Family Trust Larry A. Levy, Esq.
*Guardian Club Member
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Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
PlATInuM $10,000
Paul & Steven Reisman
Avi & Sylvia Safer *
Temple Emanuel, Clifton
*Guardian Club Member
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DIAMonD $7,500
Ed Feldman
Robert & Ellen Gutenstein
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gold ring $5,000dmc
Chandler Associates Mrs. Adeline Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Kramer Mr. & Mrs. George Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kramer The Sorkin Family & The Wolff Family
Feldman Brothers Electrical Supply
Gulko Family In Honor of Josephina Goldstein and the DMC Staff for the Excellent Care
Krasna Family
Phil & Barbara Moss
Silvershein Family
Leonard A. & Beth Wilf
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
SIlVEr CIrClE $3,500Robert Chestnov, Jaclyn, Inc.
Cipora O. Schwartz & Family In Memory of Philip, Esther & Samuel Schwartz and Zvi & Margolit Odentz
Herb & Marilyn Smilowitz In Loving Memory of our Parents, Jacob & Ruth Cohen
Unitex Wishes Daughters of Miriam Continued Success!
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BEnEFACTorS $2,500Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A.
Discover Rx
Jeffrey & Doreen Dreifus
Evco Mechanical Corporation Evan Samouhos, President
Go Pro Waste Services, Inc.
Herman and Yetta Geller Foundation Ned & Bernice Feldman
Herbert & Jacqueline Klein
George & Barbara Kramer
New Jersey Physicians, LLC
Patient Care – Home Health Care Serving Passaic, Bergen & Morris Counties Phone: 973-859-2689 Fax: 973-574-7924
Paul & Marcia Abrams Pike Construction Co., LLC
Planned Companies
Bernard & Alice Schwartz
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friends $1,500The Brook Fund
DaSilva Family Frank & Maria, Emily and Samuel
Fox Rothschild, LLP
Hospice of New Jersey
Harry & Robin Mortkowitz
Pharm-Assist Inc.
Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation
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PATronS $1,000dmc
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bedrin
Beneflex - Bill Catuzzi
Birnberg Family
Jack & Louise, Michael & Jill,
Jeffrey & Talie and Steven
Lawrence & Brenda Boss
Dr. & Mrs. H. Louis Chodosh
Delta Building Services – David Korn
Driscoll Foods
Gladstone Family
Gurkoff Family
Jay Horwitz
Andrew & Anne Kanter
Robert & Jane Kantor
One More Thank You to
Sylvia and Avi Safer for All They Do
Jay & Elaine Kinder
Miles & Sandy Lazerwitz
Manhattan Energy LLC
Mercy Home Care – Mordy & Bryna Nissel
Richard & Allyn Michaelson
Pat Mucci, Jr. – The Mucci Companies
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For 92 years, Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute has served the senior community of Northern NJ. In this ever-changing healthcare marketplace meeting those senior needs is more challenging than ever before. Changes at the federal and state level, as well as influences much closer to home, are affecting how the Center does business. It is a constant balancing act to effectively respond to the current market while maintaining the long-range vision needed to insure our viability.
The country’s healthcare has experienced a radical shift. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act is sending ripples through the entire system, while its very future is in question as many in Congress seek its repeal. Funding is in question as federal and state lawmakers try to close budget gaps, looking to make cuts and find cost-saving measures. The increased financial pressure from an aging population is taxing an already stressed system. For Daughters of Miriam Center, staying abreast of these changes and finding a way to work within the system is a must.
In response to these changes, the Center joined the Care Associates Network. Founded in 1998, the Network was established to negotiate payer contracts with managed care companies. The Network also provides assistance with clinical development of other business relationships that
may benefit the Network. Each member has the autonomy to decide whether or not to accept the payer agreements or contracts as well as any other business relationships through the Network, which is owned by the members. The advantage for the Center is the ability to obtain higher reimbursement rates, better contract terms and assistance in proper payment of managed care claims.
At the state level, a major change will take place as NJ moves to a managed care system for
Medicaid long-term care. This could have a serious impact on the Center since Medicaid represents 67% of our revenue. This will be an experimental model, which gives the state more flexibility to provide services, improve delivery systems, improve care and reduce costs. In 2014 all new and existing Medicaid long term care residents will be enrolled and processed via managed care organizations. Currently, the Center receives $215/day, a rate set by the State for Medicaid residents. In the near future, insurance companies will establish the rates they pay facilities. What is not clear at this point is whether facilities will be able to negotiate with these managed care companies regarding reimbursement rates. If they are, our inclusion in the Care Associates Network will prove to be a strategic advantage.
One plan which is being considered would have a set reimbursement based on a diagnosis. For example, a hip replacement would be paid a flat rate. Hospitals and rehabilitation facilities would then have to split the reimbursement, knowing that there is finite amount of funding and that any expenses beyond that cap are not reimbursable. It is a shared risk model. If the hospital and rehabilitation facility can keep the expenses under the reimbursement, they will profit, but there is always the risk, especially high with seniors, that expenses will exceed the reimbursement. In this model, the synergies that Daughters of Miriam Center has developed with area hospitals will be critical. The seamless transition from acute to subacute care will be essential to managing any potential complications and keeping expenses in check.
Nursing stations are open and positioned directly opposite the dining rooms to allow for a more efficient operation.
Physical and occupational therapies allow the subacute patient to return home after relearning how to do activities of daily living.
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The Center already has a long-standing, close relationship with St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic, which is the primary source for referrals into The Gallen Institute for Subacute Care. The sale of this hospital to the California-based company, Prime Healthcare Services, is pending approval at the State level. Prime Healthcare Services is a hospital management company which owns and/or operates 25 acute care hospitals across the country. They are known for transitioning non-profit facilities into for-profit models and, while the purchase contract states that they must maintain St. Mary’s non-profit status for five years, it is likely that they will transition to a for-profit business once the contract expires. The Center has maintained close contact with the hospital leadership during this takeover.
While we must respond quickly to the current changing marketplace, it is still important to take a far seeing approach to ensure our long-term survival. To maintain that balance, the Board of Trustees has re-established the Strategic Planning Committee. This committee, under the chairmanship of Board of Trustee member Len Thaler, is looking to the future of the Center. Their mission is to explore all possibilities and present the Board of Trustees with options. This includes looking at how to best utilize our physical plant as well as ways in which to tailor our
services or create strategic partnerships to meet the needs of the emerging market.
One of the ways the committee is looking to solidify our position in the local market, is by strengthening our relationships with other acute care facilities. We have a great deal to offer in the high quality of services we provide. One of the key factors which both managed care providers and Medicaid monitor for hospitals is the percentage of patients who are readmitted after
release to the community or another facility. There are reimbursement penalties for the hospitals when patients are readmitted within a 30 day time frame. The Center’s low readmission rate is an advantage to acute care facilities which are looking to avoid those penalties. While the penalties are currently low, there is a strong likelihood that they will increase as government and insurance payers look to further contain costs. This increases the value of our services as we move forward in establishing strong relationships.
Government and insurance payers are not the only agencies looking to contain costs. The Center has worked very hard to keep its own expenses in line. The union contracts were up in 2013 and the Center successfully renegotiated the contract with a 2% salary increase, balancing the need to maintain costs with the desire to compensate our employees fairly. A consistently strong census combined with careful monitoring of expenditures has kept the Center on budget for the year, allowing us to maintain our current reserve funding as insurance for the future.
While the times we face are more uncertain than ever, the leadership of the Center continually balances an ability to respond quickly to the current climate with clarity of vision for our future. The Board of Trustees and administration recognize that the services we provide are critical to our community and are committed to the Center’s mission and survival for generations to come.
The Rehabilitation Department is open seven days a week to ensure steady progress in patient recovery.
Private and semi-private accommodations are well-appointed and feature custom closets and comfortable furnishings.
CHAnGInG WI TH THE TIMES
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
PATronS $1,000dmc
New Jersey Manufacturers
Insurance Group
Peter & Barbara Norden
Keep the Center Thriving!
Thanks for all the Hard Work!
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Opper
Passaic United Hebrew Burial Assoc.
Estelle Perry & Family
In Memory of Bella Perlmutter
and Norman Perry
Potack Family
Mark & Donna Rosen
S. Bertram, Inc.
In Memory of Mania Lederman,
Gail Lederman, Samuel Lederman,
Beatrice and David Schlossberg
Marc & Cheryl Slutzky
In Memory of Louis & Laura Slutzky
St. Mary’s Hospital, Passaic
Howard & Laurie Taylor
Wallerstein Foundation
for Geriatric Life Improvement
John & Kathie Williams
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
SPonSorS $500dmc
AGL Inhalation Therapy Antex Knitting Mills In Memory of Steve Wener Norman & Alison Axelrod Howard & Carolyn Baum Lawrence & Rosalie Berman Milton BrownEliot H. Chodosh, M. D. Rani Garfinkle In Loving Memory of Sandy Garfinkle Alva Glaser In Memory of my Parents Bertha and Aaron Edelman and my Husband Alfons Glaser Goldman Realty
Goodman, O’Malley, Rosamilia, Voorman & Fass, LLC Bill & Sybil Graubard Mark & June Jaffe Emanuel Kantro In Memory of my Father, Bernard Kantrowitz Margaret Karcnik, D.O., Physical Medicine and Rehab Katz Family In Memory of Dr. Rabbi Leon Katz “Z.T.L.” Larry Kramer & Catherine BrownPeter & Leslie Levine Richard MarosikEllen Miller – ElderCaid, LLC
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
SPonSorS $500dmc
Jerry & Beth Rosenblum
Best Wishes
Eugene Rosensweet and Family
In Memory of Debrah Rosensweet
Dr. Solomon F. Rybak, Rabbi
Congregation Adas Israel
Paul & Carole Schwartz
Harvey & Dorothy Starr
Miriam Stern and Michael Chernick
Dr. Irving & Roberta Strauchler
Tru-Vision Communications, LLC
Waldman, Renda & McKinney, PA
Wednesday Film Group
In Memory of Anna Lendman
Naomi, Ivan, and Alan & Karin Wilzig and
Sherry, Jesse and Jonathan Izak
In Loving Memory of
Siggi B. Wilzig, Cherished Husband,
Father and Grandfather
Robert &Susan Yudin
Gary & Marie Zwerling
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
DonorS $350dmc
Angela Del Russi
Industrial Cooling Corporation
Martin S. Kenwood and Anne Gunar
Robert Laino
In Memory of Winifred Laino
Diane Milrod
In Memory of my Beloved Husband
Irving Milrod
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schneps
Philip and Dominick Zungri
Morris & Gail Yamner
In Honor of Fred Feinstein
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
ConTrIBuTorS $250dmc
A. Cifelli Paving & Masonry, Inc.
Howard & Maxine Abner
AmPed Foot Health, Inc.
Stuart Mandel
Anonymous
Avishar, LLC
Stanley & Ellen Bernstein
Benson & Marcia Chapman
Mark & Linda Emr
Reid & Ellen Fader
To the Continued Success of DMC
Fred & Jeannine Feinstein
Dr. & Mrs. Marc A. Goldberg
Mark Hammer & Laura Sacks
In Memory of Our Beloved Aunt
Beatrice Hess and In Honor of the
Caring Staff on the 4th Floor
Island Computers – John Chan
Sandy & Francine Kalb
Ita Khodorkovsky
In Honor of Riva Rozenboym and
In Loving Memory of my Father
Samuel Rozenboym
ConTrIBuTorS $250
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
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S. David Laveton
In Memory of Max & Lillian Laveton
Edward & Joan Lefferman
Barbara L. Potash
Premier Building Services
“For those who care about clean”
President Peter Garbera – Providing
cleaning services to medical offices
and healthcare facilities.
Dr. and Mrs. Najmul Rana
Ronald & Marsha Rickles
Marvin & Marilyn Rogers
In Loving Memory of our Beloved Son
Glenn Rogers
Ronald A. Rosensweig, Amster & Rosensweig
Attorneys at Law
Sid & Mildred Rudolph
Lee Ann Seely
In Memory of Harriet Fletemeyer
Debbie Sullivan
Valley National Bank
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
STAnDArD MEMBErS $100dmc
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Adelman Caroline Ades In Memory of Zaki Ades Rabbi Yosef and Sheryl Adler Anonymous Anonymous AnonymousSamuel & Gwenne BarrDr. & Mrs. Moshe BernsteinSusan Bingham and Robert Widmer Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bloom Dov & Adele Bodlander Rish Borks In Memory of Bernard Borks and Helen BorksIlya & Ann Brodsky Phylis Burman Denis Cacoliris Susan Canada In Memory of my Parents, Sam and Helen Seigel and In Memory of my Brother, Jerry Seigel Champion PlasticsLeonard & Ruth Cole Colonial Pharmacy Ed & Susan David DMG America – George Wolfe Sandra Ebinger In Loving Memory of Harry & Lillian PittelLeonard & Doris Eis
EOJ Cleaning Service – Kathy Rytelewski Joseph & Hedy FalkensteinFibertex Corporation Stephen FlatowEd & Katie FriedlandDr. Noel & Mrs. Ruth Friedland Roberta FrommeltBennett GenisSol & Dianne Glickman David & Hope Goodman David & Naomi Graber Gladys HalperinShirley Breite Kleinberg Tedd & Randi Kochman Peter & Susan Kolben Hazel KormanKrehel Automotive Repair/Snow Busters Rabbi Ira & Faige Kronenberg In Memory of Nachmun & Anna Roth and Edward & Gertrude Kronenberg Rabbi & Mrs. David Lapp Mark & Eta Levenson Charles LiebermanPincus & Linda Lieberman Gloria Maietta In Memory of My Husband Phil and My Sister Edith Thelma MalkinMid-County Endodontic Group, P.A.
STAnDArD MEMBErS $100
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
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Stephen & Sharon Morganstern In Loving Memory of Doris Morganstern Manny & Carol MormanMel & Joan Nagler In Memory of Fanny Nagler Michael & Justine Paitchell Robert Perlman Joel & Ann Pogolowitz Larry & Michele Raiken In Memory of Goldie Reiner RAM Communications, LLC Sheldon & Karen ReismanAlan & Nan RothbergKen & Randee Rubenstein In Honor of Debra Berliner
Steve & Mali Schwartz Mr. Donald W. Smitheman Caren Speizer In Loving Memory of my Parents Melvin & FlorenceGary & Norma Statmore In Loving Memory of Rosalind Statmore Ellen SteinHenry & Liesel Stern Dr. Wendy K. StinsonSteven & Gwen Strauss Surick FamilyJames Van Tuyl Eva VogelWeisholtz Family - In Memory of Evelyn
MEMBErS
oTHEr GIFTS
$50
Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute
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AnonymousDr. Ree K. ArnoldIrwin & Harriet Aronowitz Atlantic Stewardship Bank Dr. Stephen BaconSheila Barkow Edmund BerkowitzRalph & Honey Cheifetz Mr. and Mrs. James Debiase Gerald & Betty Eisenberg Miriam Manela-Fried In Memory of my Beloved Grandmother, Ida Klajman Herb FriedmanEsther Glass Marcia Goldberg Agnes Goldsmith David Greene John Grish Estelle Grobe
Beatrice Guon In Memory of Harry Guon Barbara HicksElizabeth Horowitz In Loving Memory of Joseph and Rose Shulman Hudson City Savings BankLes & Linda KleinWayne Kruse – Friends of Sue Anne Reiff Burt & Rina LernerSamuel LevinJoel & Anne Levine In Memory of Gertrude Godt Robert & Natalie Lichtman In Honor of Debbie Berliner Ivan & Eva Nelson, Livingston, NJ Gerard & Carol Pecoraro In Memory of Alice StolteDr. & Mrs. Avrohom Shlomo Pomrantz Dr. Sylvia S. Riskin
Rhoda Rosenfeld In Memory of Herbert Rosenfeld Joel & Barbara RothsteinReni Schustermann Margie Semler Frederic & Ann SeplowBoris & Albertina Shnayder Lillian SilvermanBrent T. Sjaardema Howard & Honey Solomon Barbara Sonnenfeld In Loving Memory of my Sister Rosalee Drumm Morris & Marilyn StarrHerbert M. Strulowitz David SufianDavid J. Waks and Sandy Teger Howard & Gail Weber and Family In Memory of Abe and Rose Gordon Wigod Family
Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bednarsh Eleanor BergLillian Berkowitz David & Susan BrownMr. & Mrs. Jerome Cohen Ike & Ada EisenfeldDr. & Mrs. Barry B. Galton Arlene W. Glassman Arlene Goldstein In Memory of My Beloved Husband, Maurice Goldstein – To all the Wonderful People at the Gallen – Thank You for all Your Caring and Kindness to both of us.Judy Greenberg In Memory of My Mother, Herta Edelmuth Dina Greene
Jerry & Phyllis Gutwetter Sophie HallerHoward & Judith Halpern Robert & Leah Isler Suzanne JacobsRuth Jakubovitz Jack & Tamar Joffe Cecelia Kaflowitz Ruth KappEllen G. KaufmanMr. and Mrs. Abe Klein Alan LernerEdward Lewison & Constance J. Hayes, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Herman LiebermanFlorence Nuccio In Memory of Betty Altshuler Dena Paitchell
Pearl Prostick Alex SalitNancy A. Scangarello Marianne Schainholz Dr. and Mrs. Barry ScherDr. & Mrs. Seymour Schlossberg Saul SmithHelga Solesky Ben Solomon Vivian Steinberg Stolarz FamilyStephen & Eleanor Strauss Larry & Terry Waxman For a Good and Sweet Year Irving & Sheila Weinberg Mr. & Mrs. Milton Yudkowitz Bernice Zelonka
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BoArD oF TruSTEES 2013-2014
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Howard Baum
Lawrence Berman
Jack Birnberg
Michael I. Birnberg
Lawrence S. Boss
Myron Bregman
Benson J. Chapman
Marcia Chapman
Eliot H. Chodosh
H. Louis Chodosh
Monica Cohen
Stephen G. Cohen
David Feldman
Alexander Fleysher
Lawrence Goldman
Jon Gurkoff
Frank Gurtman
Robert G. Gutenstein
Andrew Kanter
Robert Kantor
Martin S. Kenwood
David Kessler
Sandra Kessler
Morton Klein
Norman Koch
Peter M. Kolben
Arthur R. Kramer
George Kramer
Josh Kramer
Paul Kramer
Leslie Levine
Larry A. Levy
George Liss
Thelma Malkin
Michael Midler
Diane Milrod
Harry Mortkowitz
Philip Moss
Patrick M. Mucci
Jay I. Opper
Howard Phillips
Barbara L. Potash
Marc Rosenkrantz
Rabbi Solomon Rybak
Albert Safer
Sylvia Safer
Helen Sanders
Cipora O. Schwartz
Andrew Silverman
Jeffrey Silvershein
Adam J. Steiger
Leonard Thaler
Peter von Halle
David Waldman
Chaim Wolf