July 2014 • Issue 551
YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED! — Daryl L. Martin, Executive Director The Indiana Family & Social Services Administration’s Division of Aging in collaboration with the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning will again be conducting a satisfaction survey of all certified nursing facilities in the state,
Howard & Eleanor Flueckiger enjoy a game of shuffleboard.
including Swiss Village. As a part of this effort they will be reaching out for input from residents, resident families/friends and employees of Swiss Village. The information received from the survey will be used by the State to help determine M e d i c a i d reimbursement rate setting. Nursing facilities that score higher will receive incr eased reimbursement. This is part of the State’s effort to move towards a valued based reimbursement system.
In other words the State wants to pay more when more services and staffing are given and less when less is given. Swiss Village encourages you to participate in the survey process. Your input is critical to getting a valid sampling. Organizationally, Swiss Village works hard to provide quality care. Our staffing patterns are significantly higher than the average Indiana nursing provider and at the same time the skill level of our staffing personnel exceeds the norm. As a nursing care Cont. on page 2
SWISS VILLAGE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND BOARD MEMBERS Board of Directors:
Executive Team: Daryl L. Martin Executive Director Alma Ahmetovic Director of Healthcare Services
Kent Liechty, President Tom Muselman, Vice-President Linda Eicher, Secretary
Derick Bailey Director of Resident Services
Greg Meyer, Treasurer
Joe Burkhead Director of Information Services
Paul Zuercher, Immediate Past President
Margie Dougherty Director of Human Resources
Mark Settlemyre Sharon Sprunger Wulliman
Michelle McIntosh Director of Marketing
Nancy Subler
Roger Young Controller
Mary Fox Scott Bixler
Inside this issue:
New Residents
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Swiss Days Activities
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Watch Swiss Village on 21 Alive
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Kinder Haus
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Residential & Healthcare 5 Activities South Campus Wellness & Wellness Pavilion
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Staff News
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Swiss Village Mission Statement: Swiss Village Retirement Community is a not-for-profit corporation, committed to providing quality and affordable retirement living facilities and services in a Christian environment that enhances life with dignity, meaning and appropriate care for the senior adults from the surrounding community without regard to race, religion, sex, or handicaps that can be accommodated within our delivery system.