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Accuracy improvements will help prepare the organization to maximize

reimbursements as NY state converts to RUG III

PITTSBURGH, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc. announces that Heritage Ministries Management Company, Inc, with headquarters in Jamestown, New York, will deploy AccuNurse voice-assisted care across their enterprise, which includes three skilled nursing facilities with more than 400 beds in Chautauqua County, New York; Heritage Green, located in Greenhurst; Heritage Park, located in Jamestown; and Heritage Village, located in Gerry. Heritage expects the investment in voice-assisted care to take quality of care to new levels by enabling more proactive care and providing more direct care staff time with residents.

By giving care staff the capability to access resident care needs on-demand, complete paperwork simply by talking, enhance care-team collaboration with Silent Paging(TM) and respond faster to resident needs with nurse call integration, Heritage expects to achieve numerous performance and reimbursement gains throughout their facilities. According to David Smeltzer, executive director for Heritage Ministries, "The premier focus for our organization is providing the highest quality resident-specific care; along with being the best employer for our highly valued staff. AccuNurse will help us achieve these goals. We also expect to prepare for the RUG III system coming to New York this year by increasing accuracy of documentation and ultimately maximizing our reimbursements."

Voice-assisted care became particularly attractive due to a state Medicaid program which enables organizations to be reimbursed for capital investments that improve the quality of care, like the one Heritage will be making in AccuNurse. Subscription-based pricing also offered a way of making payments over time. "We anticipate AccuNurse becoming self-funding in just a few months," said Smeltzer. "When you add it
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