Blaine Fitzgerald, CFO of Spartan Bioscience

I’ve known Spartan since the early days and I predict they will be Canada’s next great business success story. With Russ and Blaine’s help, I think Spartan will accomplish its goal of bringing the power of DNA testing to everyone. – Harley Finkelstein, COO of Shopify

OTTAWA, Canada (PRWEB)
September 05, 2019

Spartan Bioscience, the leader in on-demand DNA testing, today announced that Blaine Fitzgerald, former Vice President of Finance for Shopify, has been named Chief Financial Officer.

Spartan has also named former Shopify CFO Russ Jones and healthcare venture capitalist Joel Finlayson as strategic advisors. Additionally, Spartan has hired Steve Edgett as Executive Vice President to lead international business development and strategic initiatives.

“I am excited to welcome Blaine and Steve to our senior leadership team, and Russ and Joel to our strategic advisory board,” said Paul Lem, M.D., CEO of Spartan Bioscience. “Their extensive expertise in high tech and healthcare will play a key role in Spartan’s next phase of growth.”

In a statement, Shopify Chief Operating Officer Harley Finkelstein congratulated Spartan and his former executives.

I’ve known Spartan since the early days and I predict they will be Canada’s next great business success story,” said Mr. Finkelstein. “With Russ and Blaine’s help, I think Spartan will accomplish its goal of bringing the power of DNA testing to everyone.”

For more information, please visit http://www.spartanbio.com.

About Blaine Fitzgerald (Chief Financial Officer)

Mr. Fitzgerald joins Spartan from e-commerce giant Shopify where he was Vice President of Finance. Mr. Fitzgerald helped Shopify raise more than $1.7B USD and was instrumental in Shopify’s 2015 IPO. Additionally, he helped scale Shopify to more than $1B USD in revenue and over 4000 employees. Previously, he held senior roles at Curtiss-Wright, Deloitte, and Ernst & Young. Mr. Fitzgerald is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Economics from Simon Fraser University.

About Russ Jones (Strategic Advisor)

Mr. Jones is the former Chief Financial Officer of Shopify. Previously, Mr. Jones was based in Silicon Valley where he was Chief Financial Officer for BDNA Corporation and Xambala Incorporated. He has also held senior financial roles with Mitel Corporation, Newbridge Networks, and Watchfire. Mr. Jones is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University.

About Joel Finlayson (Strategic Advisor)

Mr. Finlayson is a Partner at iGan Partners, Canada’s largest healthcare technology fund. He was a career consultant at Monitor Group, and then PwC where he was a Partner & Healthcare Practice Leader in the Middle East. He subsequently led a healthcare development company focused on the Middle East & Africa. Joel is an active investor in healthcare diagnostics and data analytics technologies and sits on the Boards of: the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada International (RCI); SOMA Detect; and MedChart. He holds a Bachelor of Politics & Economics from Dalhousie, an MBA from the University of Cambridge, and has completed healthcare programs at INSEAD and UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

About Steve Edgett (Executive Vice President)

Mr. Edgett joins Spartan from a military surveillance technology company called Nautics Group, where he was CEO and President. Mr. Edgett has more than 15 years of experience in strategic planning and international business development around the world, including locations such as the Middle East and KSA. He has founded and held senior leadership roles in several high-technology companies, including Restrata, Knowmadics, and EMS Technologies. Mr. Edgett holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

About Spartan Bioscience

Spartan Bioscience is the leader in on-demand DNA testing.(1) The Spartan Cube, the world’s smallest DNA analyzer, enables unprecedented portability and convenience in applications such as infectious disease, precision medicine, pharmacogenetics, and environmental testing.

References

1. Roberts JD et al. (2012). Lancet. 379:1705–11.

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Ahipoki introduces new vegan and gluten free option, Ahimi

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (PRWEB)
September 11, 2019

Ahipoki is excited to announce a new vegan and gluten free alternative to tuna, Ahimi. This plant-based poke bowl option appeals to vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians and poke bowl fans alike. Ahimi is made of five simple ingredients including tomatoes, water, soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil. With its meaty texture similar to tuna, Ahipoki customers will now have a vegan option when building their own custom poke bowls, salads and even tacos.

Ahimi is served in a house made sauce with hint of sweet onion, garlic, ginger and umami flavors. The new alternative to seafood has a broad appeal, not just vegetarians but flexitarians and those seeking alternative poke options while maintain a healthy lifestyle.

With twenty-five total restaurants throughout California and Arizona, Ahipoki is the largest corporately owned poke chain in America.

More information can be found at http://www.ahipoki.com

About Ahipoki:

The Ahipoki concept was born out of the desire of a restaurant group wanting to bring a much needed health-conscious California inspired seafood restaurant with a south pacific flair to its customers. Health-conscious poke bowl lovers can sit down and relax in a laid-back atmosphere all while enjoying the fusion of Japanese and Hawaiian flavors coupled with a fresh fish experience normally found outside of a quick-serve restaurant.

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Patient financial engagement is being added to healthcare providers’ lists of strategic priorities

What’s missing for most providers is a way to combine these systems and the patient-related data that reside in each of them to improve patient experiences and impact operating results – Kevin Fleming, CEO, Loyale Healthcare

LAFAYETTE, Calif. (PRWEB)
September 11, 2019

Executives at health systems and hospitals across America are facing some formidable challenges. The pace and magnitude of change in the healthcare industry over the past several years has been intense. For professionals and organizations that struggle with change, it’s about to get a lot worse. The future of healthcare in America will depend largely on how these executives respond. Will they have the tools they need to get the job done?

In what can be best described as a healthcare tsunami – regulatory, economic, demographic and market pressures have all converged to expose many of our healthcare system’s most persistent flaws. These include high costs, the un- and under-insured, nonexistent price transparency, organizational inconsistencies and an overall failure to respond to modern consumer sensibilities. Perhaps most significantly, a seismic generational shift in patient preferences is under way, with younger patients choosing alternatives to the Primary Care Physician model of care delivery that has prevailed for generations.

Through it all, of course, everyone who consumes healthcare – and that includes all of us – continues to expect great care. Seeing an opportunity, upstart companies like Haven Healthcare, the recently formed joint nonprofit venture created by Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, and CVS Health have emerged. These companies and others are intent on leveraging their considerable technical and/or network resources to disrupt the industry. With their consumer-centric, technology-intensive operating models and considerable access to capital, they threaten to steal market share from traditional providers by responding more nimbly to new market realities.

Health systems and hospital C-Suites are being forced to confront old challenges – some with new twists. They’re also facing all-new challenges that have seldom, if ever, been considered on their list of top strategic priorities.

Top Strategic Priorities for Healthcare Provider C-Suites and the Dimension that Unites Them All

Most health systems or hospitals face many of the same challenges. Consequently, their list of strategic priorities features initiatives intended to overcome those challenges. Interestingly, for every one of these challenge-related priorities, there is a financial dimension embedded in the challenge and the solution. These common priorities illustrate that fact:

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  Develop a response to the expanding universe of competitors – Between Urgent Care Centers, Digital Health Providers, and retail providers like the above-mentioned CVS Health, new and transformed industry players are emerging, and patients are responding positively. Many of these new competitors have entered or will enter the market primarily to respond to growing patient demand for more affordable, more convenient care. Most traditional providers’ systems fall far short of patient expectations for more Amazon-like provider experiences. Financially, this challenge calls for better price transparency and payment options that focus more on what patients can afford, rather than merely what they owe. Providers who intend to grow or preserve market share will have to meet this standard.
• Ensure top-line revenue now that the patient is the “new payer” – For decades, healthcare provider finances were tied up between providers and payers (or payors) like Medicare and the private health insurance companies. More recently, patients have become a major source of revenue for most providers as deductibles have soared. Analysis published earlier this year by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that per-person deductibles have risen 150 percent in the last 10-years to $1,350. Insurance companies are famous, or infamous, for their coded, pre-approved, in-and-out-of-network policies and procedures designed to process and pay provider reimbursements. The problem is, patients aren’t like insurance companies. Collecting from them requires a more intimate, personalized kind of engagement. One that responds to their preferences – those that are expressed and those that can be inferred by analyzing their behavior.
• Attract and retain patients and patient revenue – Because patients are being asked to pay more out-of-pocket, they’re modifying their behavior. Some are avoiding or delaying care. Others are exercising their ability to choose. And more and more, their preferences are trending toward the newer, lower-cost alternatives listed above. Many recent regulatory proposals deal directly with patient consumerism, with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) formally acknowledging its intent to “…give patients meaningful information about quality and costs to be active health care consumers.” And because patients exercise so much more power when choosing where to get care, providers who succeed in attracting them are in a position to exert much more influence over the payers that cover them.
• Recruit and retain quality personnel, particularly clinicians – The industry’s worsening shortage of skilled professionals grows more acute every day. According to this study from the American College of Physicians, “during the office day physicians spent 27% of their total time on direct clinical face time with patients and 49.2% of their time on EHR and desk work.” The industry must deal with physician burnout by taking steps to ensure that doctors and nurses are not burdened by excessive administrative responsibilities. More consumer-focused patient financial engagement helps ameliorate the stresses that impact caregivers by reducing the number of financially-related confrontations and reducing the instances of care abandonment. Additionally, because financially engaged patients aren’t as stressed about their personal financial exposure, they’re more likely to engage fully in their treatment and recovery.
• Improve operating margins – Whether the provider institution is a for-profit or a nonprofit, sufficient operating revenue is an inescapable imperative. Whether that revenue is used to bolster share value or to sustain the pursuit of a provider’s mission, every healthcare provider has to take in at least as much as it spends. That means controlling costs, improving efficiencies and making sure every revenue source is performing. Smaller and some midsize hospitals are closing at a record pace because of their inability to meet this challenge. Nearly all providers are struggling with underperforming revenue sources – especially patient pay. For some providers, better patient financial engagement could be a path to survival. Especially when their patient financial engagement strategy is powered by a technology platform that increases productivity, reduces work and removes the obstacles patients face when they want to pay their bills. For other providers, the focus has shifted away from cost containment to growth. An Advisory Board report detailing its 2019 survey of healthcare executives found that “Top priority has shifted from cost control to revenue growth.” In other words, hospital execs are thinking much less about saving their way to prosperity in favor of growing their way – largely through innovation.
• Deliver on Population Health Objectives – Consumers of healthcare in America fall into a number of special needs categories. There are growing numbers of older Americans, with age-related medical needs and Medicare coverage. There are younger consumers, many of whom have employer-sponsored healthcare but don’t demonstrate any loyalty to healthcare’s traditional Primary Care Physician delivery model and who would be just as happy to get their care online or at a nearby storefront. There is also a growing population of patients with chronic, lifestyle-related illnesses like diabetes. Providers who employ the systems and policies that respond to each patient’s medical and financial requirements are more likely to make a measurable impact on the health of their community.
• Continually improve clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction – Appropriately, high quality clinical care has always been the go-to benchmark across the industry. This will always be true. But as the industry moves toward more value-based models of care delivery, and as patients start flexing their consumer muscles, providers are being asked to demonstrate the connections between treatments, their costs, and the outcomes they yield. But the clinical experience isn’t the entire experience. More and more Americans are avoiding care because of concerns about cost. Others are frustrated and confused by their post-treatment billing experiences, which too often degrade the overall care experience. Here, it’s critical for providers to remember that for patients, it’s only one experience. Patient financial engagement makes it possible for providers to deliver quality care in every dimension – clinical, administrative and financial.

Overcoming the Obstacles to Healthcare Innovation and Patient Financial Engagement

In a previous article, we wrote that most providers already have the building blocks they need to achieve their strategic and operational objectives. These include Electronic Medical Record systems (EMRs) like Epic, Cerner and AllScripts; partnerships with Revenue Cycle Management companies like Parallon, Navigant and R1; patient intelligence from TransUnion Health or Experian Health and patient financing from CareCredit and others. Between these disparate systems, every element of the patient experience is addressed, assisted and recorded.

What’s missing for most providers is a way to combine these systems, and the patient-related data that reside in each of them. To improve patient experiences and impact operating results, farsighted healthcare networks like HCA Healthcare have joined forces with my company, Loyale Healthcare. Together, we’re collaborating to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, deliver better patient experiences and drive improved financial performance.

Technology is the Key to Winning in the New Healthcare Economy

In an analysis report from Deloitte titled “The value of patient experience”, researchers point out that “Hospitals with better experience levels earn disproportionately more than they spend compared to those with lower ratings.” For healthcare providers to remain competitive in an increasingly consumer-driven market, they must adopt the technologies that bridge the gaps in their existing systems. Gaps that too many patients are falling through today.

That means deploying a platform like Loyale’s Patient Financial Manager to combine the patient’s clinical, administrative and financial experiences – every dimension of care – into a single, seamless, manageable whole, then capturing and using the data these experiences generate to understand and continually improve. That’s what patient engagement is all about. Loyale is proud to partner with our clients at the forefront of this important industry transformation.

Kevin Fleming is the CEO of Loyale Healthcare

About Loyale

Loyale Healthcare, LLC is a leader in delivering technology-based solutions to allow providers to better serve their patients. Loyale Patient Financial Manager™ is a comprehensive patient financial engagement technology platform leveraging a suite of configurable solution components including predictive analytics, intelligent workflows, multiple patient financing vehicles, communications, payments, digital front doors and other key capabilities. Loyale Healthcare is committed to a mission of turning patient responsibility into lasting loyalty for its healthcare provider customers.

Based in Lafayette, California, Loyale and its leadership team bring 28 years of expertise delivering leading financial engagement solutions for complex business environments. Loyale recently announced an enterprise level strategic partnership with Parallon and has completed deployment of its industry leading technology to all HCA hospitals and Physician Practices.

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RMA of Connecticut To Host “WHAT’S YOUR REAL FERTILITY AGE?” Event on October 2nd

DANBURY, Conn. (PRWEB)
September 11, 2019

RMA of Connecticut, a leading fertility practice whose exceptional quality and care helps couples and individuals grow their family, will host a free informational event that will demystify fertility age-related issues and will include complimentary fertility testing on site and a food truck meal voucher for the first fifty registrants. The event, “What’s Your Real Fertility Age,” will take place on Wednesday, October 2nd at 5:30 PM and will be held at the RMA of Connecticut Danbury office located at 103 Newtown Road, Suite 1A in Danbury, CT.

“What’s Your Real Fertility Age” will be hosted by three of RMA’s expert fertility specialists, Dr. Josh Hurwitz, Dr. Cynthia Murdock and Dr. Shaun Williams who will discuss ways to discover your reproductive health and potential for having a family later in life. They will answer such questions as: Does your calendar age relate to your fertility? What’s your ovarian reserve? How fertile are you right now?

You can register for the event through the following link.

For more information on RMA of Connecticut, visit http://www.rmact.com.

About Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut (RMA of Connecticut)

RMA of Connecticut is a leader in fertility care, specializing in a range of infertility treatments. Our assisted reproductive technologies (ART) include intrauterine insemination (IUI), in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT). RMA of Connecticut is Fairfield County’s largest fertility clinic and egg donation center. Through RMA of Connecticut’s Integrated Fertility and Wellness Center, we offer nutrition counseling, individual and couples psychological counseling, acupuncture and yoga, as well as financing and support services for our patients going through infertility treatment.

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MEADVILLE, Pa. (PRWEB)
August 26, 2019

“Tree of Salvation: My Journey Overcoming Addictions Through Jesus Christ”: an impelling narrative that proves God’s presence in everyone’s heart, especially to those who need His guidance. “Tree of Salvation: My Journey Overcoming Addictions Through Jesus Christ” is the creation of published author Dread Love, a person who loves having a testimony in life and the opportunity to strengthen his testimony in religion.

Dread Love writes, “This book is just a portion of my life, through events that I have gone through, and how they have formed me into who I am today. Most of these trials that I have gone through have mostly come through my decisions to use drugs and alcohol, in a way that became a problem, revolving most of my time and energy focused around these substances. I have learned that having this lifestyle and way of thinking has given me many fallbacks in life. It has led me to be in many dangerous situations and incidences that have happened to me because of the places and people I chose to be around. It is a miracle that I am even still alive to share this story.

“I write this story of my life in the hope that others may not have to go through what I have gone through. I also write this to show even if you are dealing with any form of addiction that may be harming your life, there is still hope and a time to change if you have the desire to change for the better. There is a father in heaven who loves you a great deal, who knows you by name, and gives us these trials so that we can be used in this life and the life to come for a direct purpose.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Dread Love’s new book is a compendium of remarkable life-lessons that gives hope to the readers and enlightens them to accept God so they can fully understand their purpose in life.

With this purpose, the author writes this book to give hope to the readers that even some of the people around the world are dealing with any kind of addiction that may cause harm in their life, there is still a time to change for the better.

View a synopsis of “Tree of Salvation” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “Tree of Salvation” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Tree of Salvation,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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HOLLOWAY AMERICA, a leading provider of innovations in custom stainless steel fabrication, will debut new products in development at several East and West Coast shows this year.

HOLLOWAY AMERICA, a leading provider of innovations in custom stainless steel fabrication, will debut new products in development at several East and West Coast shows this year.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (PRWEB)
September 11, 2019

HOLLOWAY AMERICA, a leading manufacturer of stainless steel vessels and tanks for industries ranging from food and beverage to pharma and chemical, recently announced it will showcase its problem-solving vessels and tanks at several shows this fall from the East Coast to the West Coast.

HOLLOWAY AMERICA’s first stop will be at ISPE San Diego’s 27th Life Science Resource Fair at the Del Mar Plaza in Del Mar, Cal., where company representative Rick Hughes will be on hand to discuss HOLLOWAY’s pharmaceutical stainless steel innovations and vessel and tank repair services for attendees who work in life sciences markets, such as biotechnology.

HOLLOWAY’s next stop will take the company thousands of miles east to the ISPE Boston Area Chapter Annual Product Show in Foxborough, Mass., of which HOLLOWAY has been an attendee for several years. On Sept. 18, President Randy Colwell and Sales Engineer Stephen Lamb will be on hand at booth number E63 to discuss HOLLOWAY’s industry-leading capabilities and products with ISPE Product Show attendees as well as demonstrate a few of HOLLOWAY’s latest innovations on the show floor.

Finally, at this year’s PACK EXPO/Healthcare Packaging EXPO, being held from September 23-23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., HOLLOWAY representatives Alan Lea and Rick Hughes will be set up at booth N-527 to share information about the company’s pressure vessels, mixing tanks, vessel and tank repair services, and custom-fabricated stainless equipment for healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They’ll also be available to discuss planning and estimating requirements for any and all HOLLOWAY products, which can be built to meet one-of-a-kind specifications and process needs.

“We’re looking forward to attending PACK EXPO and Healthcare Packaging EXPO because they emphasize innovative manufacturing technologies, of which we’re proud to be on the forefront,” said HOLLOWAY President and Director of Marketing Randy Colwell. “We’ll demo and share information about our latest products in development that have one goal, which is to help solve the industry’s toughest problems and make life easier.”

About HOLLOWAY AMERICA

HOLLOWAY AMERICA provides custom pressure vessel fabrication services, stainless steel pressure vessels, and tank and vessel repair service for a multitude of applications and industries, from pharmaceutical to chemical to food and beverage. HOLLOWAY AMERICA partners with multiple associations representing the steel fabrication and engineering industries, including ASME and ISPE.

For details about HOLLOWAY AMERICA’s stainless steel vessels, tanks, tank and vessel repair services and other products, contact Randy Colwell at 417.863.0077 or email info@hollowayamerica.com. For information about HOLLOWAY’s upcoming event attendance, visit hollowayamerica.com/about-us/events.

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Vincent J. Perciaccante, a surgeon of South Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, talks about the new partnership with U.S. Oral Surgery Management.

USOSM leaves the clinical decisions to its partner practices, so none of our services or expertise will change following the partnership.

IRVING, Texas (PRWEB)
September 11, 2019

U.S. Oral Surgery Management (USOSM) – a specialty management services company headquartered in Irving, Texas, that exclusively serves premier oral and maxillofacial surgeons – is pleased to announce a new partnership with South Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, an oral and maxillofacial surgery practice with three locations in the Atlanta area. It is USOSM’s second partnership in Georgia. USOSM President and CEO Richard Hall says the company is proud to continue moving forward in this important market, having just announced its first Georgia partnership with Oral and Facial Surgery Associates on Aug. 14.

“This is our second partnership in this market and we’re honored to announce that it is with South Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, a practice with a well-earned reputation for excellence and patient satisfaction,” says Hall. “We look forward to continuing this momentum, seeking additional partnerships in this area, and in other strategic areas throughout the country.”

South Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery has four oral and maxillofacial surgeons and three locations, serving patients in the greater Atlanta area. Locations include: 182-A Jefferson Parkway in Newnan; 600 West Lanier Suite 201 in Fayetteville; and 406 Stevens Entry in Peachtree City. The doctors of South Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery manage a wide variety of problems relating to the mouth, teeth and face. They practice a full scope of oral and maxillofacial procedures, with expertise ranging from dental implant surgery and wisdom tooth removal to corrective jaw surgery. They offer techniques designed to rebuild bone structure with minimal surgical intervention and optimal patient comfort. In addition, the doctors diagnose and treat facial pain, facial injuries and fractures.

“USOSM leaves the clinical decisions to its partner practices, so none of our services or expertise will change following the partnership,” says South Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery’s Vincent J. Perciaccante, DDS, FACS. “USOSM takes care of things like accounting, marketing, and other support services, freeing us up to do what we do best: caring for our patients. Working with USOSM will enable us to keep providing our patients with the dedicated care they know to expect from us, and we’re excited about that.”

Since its inception in late 2017, USOSM has formed partnerships with 15 practices across three states: Texas, Colorado and Georgia. Collectively, they represent 62 oral/maxillofacial surgeons and 44 locations.

A shared services organization, USOSM collaborates with premier oral and maxillofacial surgeons to offer a partnership solution for continued and accelerated practice success. USOSM provides operational, marketing and administrative support services, reinvests resources, and applies best practices to improve clinical and financial performance and produce steadier, more profitable growth for all. On the web: https://www.usosm.com/.

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If you are, or care for someone, of a ‘Golden Age’ join us at The Expo on September 21st! If you are able to join us for the Gala Dinner your support will help us provide resources to local seniors.

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)
September 11, 2019

This event is free and takes place on Saturday, September 21, at L.A. Mission College, 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar, CA 91342, from noon to 4 p.m. The Foundation for Senior Services Wellness Expo will feature entertainment and educational sessions, including: eye health care, physical fitness, financial wellness, and private consultations with experts in a variety of fields.

The mission of the Foundation for Senior Services is to provide seniors and their families with education, options and resources so they can choose quality care and assistance to preserve independence and options. The Gala Dinner ($75 for non-members, $50 for members and non-profits) to follow is scheduled for 5-8 p.m., and the proceeds will be used to supplement qualifying seniors for services that will improve their quality of life. Many older Californians are in need of support as medical bills and housing costs mount, and the Foundation for Senior Services is committed to connecting them to resources.    

AdvantagePlusCaregivers.com® is proud to be the title sponsor to such a worthy cause. Advantage Plus Caregivers is committed to providing compassionate care to its clients and will be showcasing its Transitional Care program. They offer their clients the latest developments in senior care. Transitional Care Services is offered to all clients who need to be admitted to the hospital due to illness or injury. The service is recommended to reduce the chances of hospital readmissions, providing their clients access to support so they can focus on recovery in their own homes.

On-demand Transitional Care Managers support families by managing medications, arranging transportation services and setting up follow-up care. Transitional Care Services connects patients to specialists who can conduct safety inspections and home modifications, or install specialty equipment to ensure a smooth transition home after a hospitalization.

“If you are, or care for someone, of a ‘Golden Age’ join us at The Expo on September 21st!” Richard Weatherman, founder and CEO of AdvantagePlusCaregivers.com® says. “If you are able to join us for the Gala Dinner your support will help us provide resources to local seniors.”

For more information about the 2019 Expo and to register for the Gala Dinner, visit https://www.foundationforseniorservices.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=992077&module_id=335460.

About AdvantagePlusCaregivers.com®

AdvantagePlusCaregivers.com® is a part of the twenty billion dollar a year in home care industry that is projected by experts to be the fastest growing industry for the next ten years in the US and abroad. The company is well positioned as a franchisor with their proprietary online resources in workflow management, caregiver database directory, remedy and CRM built specifically for the industry. For the California Ventura County: camarillo.AdvantagePlusCaregivers.com/. For the Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Bernardino County areas: canogapark.AdvantagePlusCaregivers.com/. For Public Relations please contact Richard Weatherman at 800-687-8066.

For media inquiries, please call the NALA at 805.650.6121, ext. 361.

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Shady Grove Fertility Richmond Physician Team

We are pleased to be able to increase access to patient care in Richmond with the opening of our new center on the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital campus. It reinforces our long-standing commitment to help patients affordably access quality care.

RICHMOND, Va. (PRWEB)
September 11, 2019

SGF Richmond announced today the opening of their brand new fertility center on the campus of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in the Sarah Cannon Building. The new center is located at 7607 Forest Avenue, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23229 and will offer comprehensive fertility services, such as patient consultations, fertility and ovarian reserve testing and diagnosis, semen analysis, a full range of fertility treatments such as ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination (IUI), and cycle monitoring, in vitro fertilization (IVF), donor egg, sperm, and embryo treatment, genetic screening and testing, IVF for inherited genetic disease prevention, gestational carrier, egg freezing, fertility preservation for patients with cancer, and LGBTQ family building.**

** Hysterosalpingograms (HSG), egg retrievals, and embryo transfers, if needed, are performed in SGF’s Stony Point office also located in Richmond, VA.

SGF Richmond significantly expanded its foothold in the region in 2018 after joining forces with Virginia Fertility Associates and VAIVF & Andrology Center, becoming the largest IVF practice in Greater Richmond, offering high quality reproductive healthcare that embodies a consistent, personalized, patient-centered philosophy. SGF Richmond offers well over 30 years of experience in helping individuals and couples start or expand their families with high success rates and a patient-care approach that has been widely recognized.

SGF also announced the addition of Geof Tidey, M.D. to the Henrico Office medical team, joining Erika B. Johnston-MacAnanny, M.D. Dr. Tidey, co-founder of Virginia IVF and Andrology Center, specializes in the medical and surgical management of infertility and reproductive endocrinology including IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), preimplantation genetic testing, and minimally invasive surgical treatment of fibroids, adhesions, endometriosis, and uterine abnormalities. He currently serves as a Clinical Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Tidey also sees patients in the SGF Stony Point location.

“We are pleased to be able to increase access to patient care in Richmond with the opening of our new center on the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital campus. It reinforces our long-standing commitment to help patients affordably access quality care,” said Dr. Tidey.

Referring providers are invited to meet board certified Henrico physicians, Drs. Johnston and Tidey, as well as meet Richmond Magazine Top Docs, Michael Edelstein, M.D., Anish Shah, M.D., M.H.S., and Kenneth Steingold, M.D., at an Open House to commemorate the opening of the new center at 7607 Forest Avenue, Suite 400, on Monday, September 16, 2019, from 5:30-7:30 PM. RSVP to Lynn Dillingham, Practice Development Specialist at lynn.dillingham@sgfertility.com by September 9, 2019.

“It’s an honor to be a part of a practice with such a strong track record of patient-focused, cutting-edge care. I am excited to be a part of a patient-centered team of highly skilled physicians who aim to keep pace with our quick changing field of reproductive medicine and shape the future direction of the field,” said Dr. Johnston.

Information seekers who are considering fertility treatment and/or current SGF Richmond patients who are looking to learn more about overcoming infertility are invited to attend a free informational seminar in Richmond’s Stony Point location on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 6:30 PM. Dr. Michael Edelstein will review “What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting” including who should see a fertility specialist, what to expect during the initial appointment, how fertility is diagnosed, treatment options, and financial options, such as SGF’s 100% refund guarantee program—take home a baby or receive 100% refund. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask Dr. Edelstein questions following the presentation. The event is complimentary and includes a free consult with Dr. Edelstein that can be scheduled while attendees are at the event.

SGF Richmond offers a variety of insurance networks as well as innovative financial programs, including a refund guarantee program. SGF was the first practice to create an IVF program with a refund guarantee, known as the Shared Risk 100% Refund Program. This exclusive program provides patients with the opportunity to pay a fixed amount for up to six fresh IVF or donor egg cycles and any subsequent frozen embryo transfers (FETs). In the event the patient does not take home a baby, SGF provides a full refund. Eighty-two percent of participants take home a baby using their own eggs and 86 percent take home a baby when using a donor egg.

Other popular programs that make treatment affordable include SGF’s Shared Help Discount Program, an income-based program that offers a discount on most treatments and procedures provided by SGF Richmond, the Military Discount Program, which offers active U.S. military and reservists a 25 percent discount off qualifying self-pay rates, and a Shared Donor Egg Program, which reduces the cost of donor egg treatment by up to 50 percent when sharing donating eggs with other patients—an approach that does not lower the chances of conception but does significantly lower the cost.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment at one of SGF Richmond’s locations, call 1-888-761-1967.

About Shady Grove Fertility (SGF)

SGF is a leading fertility and IVF center of excellence with more than 85,000 babies born and counting. With 36 locations throughout FL, GA, MD, NY, PA, VA, D.C., and Santiago, Chile, we offer patients individualized care, accept most insurance plans, and make treatment affordable through innovative financial options, including treatment guarantees. More physicians refer their patients to SGF than any other center. Call 1-888-761-1967 or visit ShadyGroveFertility.com.