& Better Together March 4, 2015 Dear Friends and Colleagues, It has been a little more than a month since the official Kindred/ Gentiva close and already we have seen great collaboration and partnership between our teams. Many of you have shared photos and stories to express your enthusiasm and pride for our combined organization. We encourage all of you to continue connecting and looking for ways to learn from each other as we expand and enhance our patient care delivery. Our leadership team met the week of February 16 for the Kindred at Home Leadership Meeting – “At Home Together.” For those who were able to attend the opening session, we discussed our growth strategies and shared path forward. Throughout this integration effort, it’s important to us that you receive information as soon as it is available. To that end, attached are maps for each region highlighting the leadership structure and geographic locations. Our Integration Team is currently working to analyze our best practices, policies and procedures to ensure we are adopting the most efficient and effective solutions possible. If there are any changes or decisions made, we will work to communicate this information as continued KINDRED HEALTHCARE’S MISSION is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. OUR KEY SUCCESS FACTORS • Take Care of Our People • Take Care of Our Patients, Residents and Customers • Grow • Be Efficient • Manage Our Capital Wisely • Organizational Excellence Through Performance Improvement soon as possible. For the time being, it’s business as usual and our focus continues to be on delivering highquality, patient-centered care. Moving forward, our Better Together series will provide you with insights on specific topics related to the integration, our businesses and daily operations. While we will continue to answer relevant questions about our combined organization, we encourage you to reach out to your managers and supervisors for guidance and clarity. If you have a question about the integration that has yet to be answered, please email [email protected]. Thanks for all that you do! David Causby Executive Vice President and President, Kindred at Home We Are Better Together! Thank you for all the great photos you sent to us highlighting your excitement for Day 1. This is just the beginning of our journey together and we look forward to seeing your hard work and continued collaboration over the coming months. Please continue to send your images and stories of teaming to [email protected]. You may be featured in an upcoming Better Together! (left to right) Mace LaVonde, RN, Janna Jones, RN, and Alicia Boutwell, RN, from the Panama City Home Health branch Luncheon for Kindred Transitional Care & Rehabilitation Centers in southern Indiana and Gentiva Hospice in Jeffersonville (left to right) Jaime Echavia, PT, Terri Doughty, PTA, and Cheri d’Albertis, PTA, from the Panama City Home Health branch Cindy Siefert, CTC, from the Racine, WI, branch Tammy Ward and DaShawn Dingle from the Racine, WI, branch Amanda Middleton and Elizabeth Nikki Folley from the Fort Walton Beach Emerald Coast Hospice branch continued FAQs As a part of our ongoing effort to provide you with resources and information related to the integration, please see the following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Our goal is provide you with transparent and open communications as decisions are made. Will there be any changes to legacy Gentiva and Kindred travel and reimbursement policies? Our Integration Team is reviewing current Gentiva and Kindred policies to identify the best go-forward strategy. At this time, you should continue to book travel and submit reimbursements based on your legacy policy. We will provide you with detailed instructions and guidelines as soon as this process changes. Are there current opportunities for employees to travel to various branches/sites to help train/ consult during this transition? 2015 will be an exciting time as we begin to combine best practices and streamline processes. This comes with many opportunities to help lead, share experiences and cross train. Over the course of the next few months we will be able to create a better picture of our training needs and will be sure to communicate any applicable opportunities. If you are interested in supporting these efforts, please be sure to let your supervisor know. Any idea if you'll be closing any offices? It’s too early in the process for us to know what mix of office locations will best support our combined organization and patient’s needs. Our goal throughout this process will be to thoughtfully and thoroughly discuss decisions and to provide you with transparent, open communications. We will provide more information as it becomes available. At this time, please continue to operate business as usual. Besides Medicare, what other payer sources does Kindred have contracts with for home health? Does Kindred have any future plans to negotiate more contracts with insurance companies that are not in network? Kindred at Home holds contracts with hundreds of insurance companies, health plans, managed care organizations and networks across the country. We review our agreements regularly to identify the ones that need to be maintained as well as recognize new agreements that would help us grow our business. Has there been an announcement of when the stock purchase of Gentiva stock would be dispersed? At this time, all exchange forms have been mailed to Gentiva shareholders. If you have a question about your stock payout, please complete either of the following options: • If your shares were held by Computershare, call 855.396.2084. • If your shares were held by your broker, contact your broker directly.
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