Niagara Lutheran Health System (parent of The GreenFields Continuing Care Community), Schofield Care and Weinberg Campus have taken a significant step forward in their growing partnership.
The three nonprofit senior care providers announced recently that Weinberg Campus has joined the Lineage Care Group strategic alliance, which was first announced by Niagara Lutheran and Schofield Care in 2021.
This new entity will operate as a passive super parent organization to help oversee strategy and operations and create efficiencies, paving the way for an active parent arrangement.
The unique strategic alliance aims to strengthen all three organizations and position them for future growth. The partnership is rooted in an effort to improve the quality and clinical scope of senior care in Western New York.
“This innovative nonprofit affiliation model will ensure patient-focused care remains at the core of our collective mission, provided by individuals who live in, and are invested in, the local community, while maintaining decades of historic care by these organizations,” said Christopher Koenig, president & CEO of Niagara Lutheran Health System and Schofield Care, speaking on behalf of the three organizations.
Koenig said the affiliation will empower the partners of Lineage Care Group to deliver high-quality care more efficiently through the sharing of clinical guidelines and professional expertise, optimization of human resources, maximization of Medicaid reimbursement, and the reduction of combined overhead costs.
The full continuum of services now provided by Lineage Care Group includes skilled nursing, certified and licensed home health care, adult day care, assisted living, memory care, independent senior housing, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, traumatic brain injuries, veterans’ care, hospice care, and palliative care.
“This nonprofit collaboration model provides greater benefits to the residents and community than the for-profit alternative,” said Weinberg Campus President/CEO Robert Mayer. “Free of the financial obligation to generate returns for investors, nonprofit senior care organizations are able to re-invest their profits into their operations and communities, leading to superior clinical outcomes, more satisfied employees, and enhanced patient and community welfare.”