Contact: Kerri Hennelly
212-697-3000 ext. 135

New York City -The Alliance Continuing Care Network(ACCN), has implemented a state-of- the-art bed availability system as a new service to hospitals and managed care organizations. The bed availability system was created to provide administrative ease to hospital discharge planners, social workers, and MCO case managers who need to place patients in continuing care facilities. This is a free service sponsored by the Alliance Continuing Care Network, exclusively composed of not-for-profit facilities.

"The toll free number provides bed availability information at 21 of the leading continuing care facilities across the metropolitan area; New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties", said JDS, Ceo of the Alliance Continuing Care Network. "With a single telephone call, hospital discharge planners and MCO case managers can place patients needing long term care, subacute care, home care, skilled nursing care, hospice care, AIDS care and pediatric care".

The ACCN is committed to providing high quality cost efficient health care services and developing innovative products in health care services that address consumers health care needs. The ACCN member organizations have come together in an effort to establish contracts with managed care organizations, implement cost saving initiatives, and to work as a team in strengthening administration, management, clinical problem solving, professional development, recruitment, communication, education programs and elder care advocacy programs.

The member organizations of the Alliance Continuing Care Network are; Amsterdam Nursing Home Corporation, Beth Abraham Health Services, CNR Health Care Network, Field Home-Holy Comforter, Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center, Isabella Geriatric Center, The Jewish Guild for the Blind, The Jewish Home and Hospital, Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Morningside House, The Osborn, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, St. Mary's Hospital for Children, The Wartburg Adult Care Community and Village Care of New York.