Media and Press Room

For press inquiries and image requests, please contact:

David Skoczulek  -  Spokesperson

Vice President of Business Development and Communications

moc.nheraci@sdivad  |   (860) 250-3075

Contact by email for the most prompt response. See Media Inquiries section below for more information. 

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News

For the latest news and press releases on iCare Health Network, visit our Blog. Information is also available on our LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter pages and accounts. Buttons for each are at the bottom of the page.

Links to articles and news stories about iCare Health Network and its managed care centers are at the bottom of this page.  

Company Overview

iCare Health Network provides management, operating and consulting services to skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare providers. Through its managed care centers, iCare offers a range of services including medical, short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, behavioral health, substance use management, and memory care & support services.

iCare Health Network manages 10 care centers in Connecticut including three Touchpoints Rehab centers, six Greater Hartford Memory Care Centers as well as 60 West, MissionCare at Holyoke (Massachusetts) and MissionCare at Bennington (Vermont) through MissionCare Health. iCare also offers LTC Integrity audit tools, outpatient and integrated therapy and rehabilitation through Touchpoints Therapy and specializes in healthcare real estate transactions and skilled nursing turnarounds. 

 

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Logos and Images

Photos and Company Logos

• High resolution image of iCare Health Network President and CEO Chris Wright
• High resolution image of iCare Health Network President and CEO Chris Wright       (Alternate)
• High resolution image of iCare Health Network President and CEO Chris Wright       (Alternate 2)
• High resolution iCare Health Network logo
• High resolution Touchpoints Rehab logo
• High resolution MissionCare Health Logo

Care Center Images

• Image - Chelsea Place Care Center
• Image - Fresh River Healthcare
• Image - MissionCare at Holyoke
• Image - MissionCare at Bennington
• Image - Parkville Care Center
• Image - Silver Springs Care Center
• Image - Touchpoints at Bloomfield
• Image - Touchpoints at Chestnut
• Image - Touchpoints at Manchester
• Image - Trinity Hill Care Center
• Image - Westside Care Center
• Image - 60 West

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Media Inquires 

iCare Health Network strives to ensure a good working relationship with the media and the public through professionalism and mutual respect. iCare is committed to, and recognizes the right of, the news media and general public to be fully and accurately informed on all matters concerning resident safety, health, well-being and care center operations as part of the community at large.

Release of Information – The spokesperson shall coordinate the release of all general information concerning iCare policies and operations as well as specific statements on issues that might arise.  Such information shall be conveyed to the media in a timely fashion, in deference to reporters’ deadlines, whenever possible.

Information Content –  Reporter’s questions will be answered as thoroughly and factually as possible at the time of the inquiry. Limited information will be provided while an incident is still underway.

Information will NOT be released when the request –

• Includes patient medical history of any kind or individually identifiable protected health information;
• Is not from an established and credentialed media outlet such as a newspaper, radio or TV station; and/or
• Includes conjectural, theoretical, hypothetical or unfounded information or is libelous or slanderous to a person or agency.

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  Articles and News Featuring iCare Health Network 

1. How Allure, Mission Health and iCare Are Using QAPI to Drive Nursing Home Quality Outcomes and Revenue (Skilled Nursing News) 

2. Vision behind the numbers: iCare’s Chris Wright (McKnights Long Term Care)

3. Senate hearing, staggering OIG report underline need to address seniors’ substance use disorders (McKnights Long-Term Care News)

4. Geriatric prisoner demand leads iCare to new business, expanded mission (McKnights Long-Term Care News)

5. Building an Edge: SNF Operators Innovate Through Establishing Specialty Services, Public-Private Partnerships (Skilled Nursing News)

6. Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free? (Boston Globe)

7. ‘Worst Possible Time’: SNF Operators Hope for Acuity Adjustments, Waivers Ahead of Staffing Mandate (Skilled Nursing News)

8. Jonathan Starble speaks during Most Compelling SNF Innovations Forum at LTC 100 (PR Web)

9. Deja Robertson’s determination recognized for National Nurses Week (fox61.com)

10. COOs at Touchstone, Trilogy, iCare Pursue New Initiatives in SNFs to Surmount Some ‘Big Worries’ (Skilled Nursing News)

11. Connecticut SNF Provides Behavioral Health Blueprint as CMS Places Emphasis on Service Line (Skilled Nursing News)

12. CT LIVE!: Touchpoints Rehab & iCare Health Network (NBC Connecticut)

13. Acceso Total - Parkville Care Center Limb Loss Program (Telemundo, Spanish Language Segment)

14. WHY ELDERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO FIND CARE AFTER PRISON (The Appeal Magazine)

15.  A stressed sector must find a way to stress better behavioral care (McKnights Long Term Care News)

16. iCare’s Chris Wright: Seizing on skilled nursing’s behavioral health opportunities (McKnights Long Term Care News)

17. PBS NewsHour Examines Challenges Individuals Face After Incarceration with “Searching for Justice: Life After Prison” Series (PBS NewsHour)

18. Skilled nursing specialties are very much alive — and thriving — after COVID-19 (McKnights Long Term Care News)

19. Skilled nursing census-drivers found, but integration more critical than ever due to COVID (McKnights Long Term Care News)

20. New CNA, LPN Contracts Raise Nursing Home Wages Across United States (Skilled Nursing News)

21. Former Holyoke nursing home begins caring for those with psychiatric, medical needs (MassLive)

22. iCare Sees Potential in Skilled Nursing Facility Bought Out of Receivership (Skilled Nursing News)

23. AHCA, NCAL Elect Boards and Directors at Annual Convention (Provider News)

24. State OKs Mount Saint Vincent license transfer; move of Farren residents to begin next month (MassLive)

25. Hartford nursing home acquired, renamed (Hartford Business Journal)

26. Nursing Home Thrives By Targeting Residents Others Won’t Take (Skilled Nursing News) 

27. Manchester-based iCare acquires former Spectrum nursing home in Hartford (Journal Inquirer)

28. Rocky Hill’s 60 West nursing home named one of the best by U.S. News and World Report (Hartford Courant)