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michael Felver, mD, is the Chief medical officer for kindred's Cleveland integrated Care market. he is also medical Director of SNF and LtaC programs, Center for Connected Care at Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic has collaborated with kindred to develop and implement kindred's new transitional Care program in Cleveland. Kindred implements New Transitional Care Program in Cleveland T rEATmENT AT THE right place, at the right time. That's the goal of Kindred Healthcare's new Transitional Care Program. Recently initiated in Cleveland, the program strives to safely, seamlessly and effectively transition patients from one level of care or provider to another. The ultimate goal is to improve clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction and reduce hospital readmissions — along with the related costs. Kindred is the largest diversified provider of post-acute care services in the United States. In Northeast Ohio, Kindred has developed integrated care models to transition patients in need of extended recovery time from acute care settings across multiple settings. Included are long-term acute care (LTAC) 28 | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD News ■ mdNEWS.Com ■ NovEmBEr /dECEmBEr hospitals, sub-acute (skilled nursing) units, rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities and home care. Michael Felver, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer for Kindred's Cleveland Integrated Care Market. As such, he is responsible for supporting the transitional care team and effort at all of the facilities involved. "There are a total of eight Kindred facilities and two home healthcare offices in the Cleveland market," says Dr. Felver. "The Transitional Care Program, which began development in early 2013, is currently in place at four of them." These include Kindred-Cleveland's transitional care hospitals in Cleveland at Fairhill and at Gateway (inside St. Vincent Charity Medical Center), Kindred's sub-acute unit at Fairhill, photoS © Smithberger photography, North CaNtoN by robert Janek