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For those looking for quality PDPM and respiratory therapy, Aeris Consulting is here to help. We offer a full suite of respiratory and consulting services for medical facilities throughout the U.S., and we can assist you with providing first class care and doing so profitably.

PDPM stands for Patient Driven Payment Model, a new option for customer payment for medical services starting in October of 2019. The idea of PDPM was to create a new financial model that dis-incentivized potentially harmful patient practices in nursing care facilities.

Respiratory conditions are among the top reasons for hospital readmission’s accounting for approximately 23% of all cases. Respiratory Therapists are uniquely trained in the delivery of modalities that are paramount to the overall management of patients with compromised respiratory conditions.

As PDPM becomes more common, providers will be allowed a chance to receive reimbursement for extensive nursing and Non-Therapy Ancillary services provided, including Respiratory Therapy Services.

Aeris Consulting & Management, LLC is a professional and experienced healthcare provider specializing in respiratory and sleep care for healthcare facilities (skilled nursing facilities, sub-acute rehabilitation facilities) and correctional facilities. We offer a wide range of educational programs, RT staffing and technology to clients throughout the country.

We are also a nationwide provide of respiratory equipment and supply rentals, including concentrators and ventilators. Our same day delivery and consignment services make it possible for you to have the supplies on hand to meet your skilled nursing needs and demand. All of our medical equipment is bio-inspected annually.

Our team is available and able to provide services anywhere nationally.

PDPM and Respiratory Therapy Services

Our program design is to provide:

• Bedside Pulmonary Diagnostics
• COPD/OSA Evaluations
• Routine Respiratory Training for Clinicians
• Increase Facility Acuity=Higher NTA Scores
• Readmission Avoidance
• Marketing Support
• Quarterly Readmission Statistics
• No Charge Standby Equipment in the Facility

President Edwin C. Frost, R.R.T, has 30 years experience in the field and is an established NJ State Board of Respiratory Care Member. Frost has served on the faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Independence University in California. He is also an active member of the New Jersey State Board of Respiratory Care.

Established in 2007, our staff at Aeris Consulting & Management, LLC features 30 registered and certified therapists. We currently stretch our reach across 100+ facilities in 8 states. Our pulmonary readmission rates are less than 2%.

Our goal is:

• To improve targeting of resources to medically complex beneficiaries
• To reduce incentives for SNFs to deliver therapy based on financial considerations
• To promote consistency with other Medicare and PAC payment settings by basing resident classification on clinical information and minimizing the role of the ‘volume’ of service provision in determination of payment

For a deeper in-depth look at our PDPM and Respiratory Therapy program, click here to download our full presentation here:

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Aeris Now Offers PPE Supplies in Bulk

In an effort to keep our clients safe, Aeris is offering PPE supplies in bulk to facilities we work with. Aeris is dedicated to providing large quantities of personal protective equipment to medical offices, skilled nursing facilities and surgical centers throughout the United States.

Our team sources top quality PPE products from around the world and warehouses them for direct distribution to medical facilities. Our parent company has contracts with over 100 facilities nationwide to provide respiratory supplies and PPE on a regular basis.

Take no chances and click here to contact the Aeris staff today for PPE supplies. We hope to help you move forward safely.

At Aeris Consulting & Management, LLC, we are trusted nationwide respiratory equipment suppliers to prisons. We provide respiratory equipment sales and rentals, to assist correctional facilities in both reducing expenses and providing quality care for inmates.

Prisons and correctional institutions require respiratory equipment that is reliable and compliant with state and federal regulations. Especially as they age, inmates will frequently have respiratory difficulties such as asthma, pneumonia, COPD, allergic reactions among other problems. Properly functioning equipment is often needed at a moment’s notice to provide for respiratory care.

At Aeris, we offer same day regional delivery of respiratory supplies and equipment, along with in-house consignment programs across the U.S. We provide a full selection of vital equipment to your facility as soon as it is needed. We also ensure that the equipment on your site is biomedically inspected each year.

Our services help correctional facilities save on costs. As you may or may not be aware, 95% of sleep apnea cases can be successfully treated within a correctional facility. We offer in-house testing for reduced liability and risks. With Aeris, our solutions in equipment and services can reduce your facility’s budget by thousands, including helping you avoid inmate transportation costs.

As respiratory equipment suppliers to prisons, we make equipment available for in-house testing, allowing for a faster turnaround time from diagnosis to treatment. We provide the most effective CPAP, Auto-CPAP, and BiPAP devices, masks, tubing, and supplies to your correctional facility, and we also can provide licensed respiratory therapists and sleep specialists to your correctional facility. Enabling treatment without the costs of transportation to a medical facility offers great cost reductions.

Respiratory Equipment Suppliers to Prisons – Types of Equipment

Our respiratory equipment sales and rentals include Bipap machines, Cpap masks, Airvos, nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, ventilators and more. If needed, we can also arrange for a licensed respiratory therapist to assist in setting up your facility’s respiratory equipment for proper usage.

In addition to our services as respiratory equipment suppliers to prisons, our additional consulting services include:

• Inspection and maintenance of respiratory equipment that is owned by your facility
• Making adjustments when possible to your existing equipment due to changing regulations
• Inspection and repair of your biomedical equipment

Aeris Consulting also specializes in cardiac care and wound therapy for prisons, including Holter monitoring and sleep apnea therapy. Our equipment sales and consulting services help your facility provide effective care while minimizing your costs.

Aeris Consulting & Management, LLC is led by Edwin C. Frost, RRT. Mr. Frost has been a Registered Respiratory Therapist since 1992. In addition to managing successful long term and acute care respiratory care programs, Mr. Frost served on the faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Independence University in California, served as the National Director of Operations for 23 sleep related breathing disorder clinics across the country and served as the Mid-West Director of Sales and Marketing for the 3rd largest independent education company in the United States.

Wherever your facility is located in the U.S., click here to contact Aeris today and find out more about our respiratory supply and delivery services for correctional facilities. We’ll provide the equipment to keep your patients breathing safely.

Aeris Now Offers PPE Supplies in Bulk

In an effort to keep our clients safe during these trying times, Aeris is offering PPE supplies in bulk to facilities we work with. Aeris is dedicated to providing large quantities of personal protective equipment to medical offices, skilled nursing facilities and surgical centers throughout the United States.

Our team sources top quality PPE products from around the world and warehouses them for direct distribution to medical facilities. Our parent company has contracts with over 100 facilities nationwide to provide respiratory supplies and PPE on a regular basis.

Take no chances and click here to contact the Aeris staff today for PPE supplies. We hope to help you move forward safely.

If you’re in search of respiratory therapist jobs with a trustworthy team, Aeris Consulting & Management could be your landing spot. As a respiratory therapist, you have the responsibility and privilege of providing care for patients. Skilled respiratory therapists are a vital part of nursing homes and other healthcare institutions to provide quality patient care.

There is always demand for respiratory therapists, and it’s a position with experience that you can take anywhere. Aeris works with over 100 facilities across the country, and we will have a need for skilled RTs in most of them. If you are an experienced Respiratory Therapist looking for a solid opportunity, Aeris Consulting just might be the right destination for you.

Our respiratory therapists are ready to perform multiple services, from as needed patient reassessments to fully staffed pulmonary programs (tracheostomy, pulmonary rehabilitation, and ventilator programs). As part of our team, you will be made available for temporary assignments, assistance in post-acute care programs, and full program outsourcing.

Respiratory Therapist Jobs – What We Do

Aeris’ respiratory and consulting services include:

Post-Acute Care: We offer “as needed” on-call consults to full program outsourcing. We specialize in re-admission reduction, facility education/training, and improving market capture.

Acute Care: Our respiratory care teams bring more than 100 years of knowledge and experience to the table. Our team can assist any acute care program with “righting” their current department, to full outsourcing. We are experts in restructuring for cost-effectiveness without harming quality initiatives.

As Needed Consults: We bring licensed, experienced, and highly skilled respiratory therapists to care facilities on a needed basis, to ensure that facilities can meet rising or falling demand. If you have experience and skill as an RT, we can help to place you in a temporary or potentially permanent position, wherever you are in the United States.

As part of our team, you should have a passion for patient care, be self-motivated, and be an “out of the box” thinker. Aeris is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is always looking for the best and brightest respiratory therapists. You can mail paper resumes to the address below or use our online form to upload a resume in DOC, PDF or DOCX formats.

Our respiratory therapist positions vary from being available for as-needed consults, to being part of routine staffing services for both medical and correctional facilities. Our staff is made available for 13- to 26-week assignments, stand-in temporary staff, and consultations for patients. We can work with you based on your flexibility, skill set, and geographical preference to find assignments that are right for you.

To find out more about our respiratory therapist jobs, call us today or use this online form to e-mail us. We can provide you the experience you need for the best possible care of your patients.

Aeris Now Offers PPE Supplies in Bulk

In an effort to keep our clients safe during these trying times, Aeris is offering PPE supplies in bulk to facilities we work with. Aeris is dedicated to providing large quantities of personal protective equipment to medical offices, skilled nursing facilities and surgical centers throughout the United States.

Our team sources top quality PPE products from around the world and warehouses them for direct distribution to medical facilities. Our parent company has contracts with over 100 facilities nationwide to provide respiratory supplies and PPE on a regular basis.

Take no chances and click here to contact the Aeris staff today for PPE supplies. We hope to help you move forward safely.

At Aeris Consulting & Management, LLC, we’re a nationwide and trusted name in respiratory equipment supply service for nursing homes. We provide a variety of respiratory services to care facilities throughout the United States, including equipment sales and rentals. Aeris is committed to helping facilities provide the highest quality of respiratory care, while reducing their overhead costs.

As you surely know, there is always a need for properly functioning and compliant respiratory equipment in nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities. Residents and patients are frequently struggling with respiratory difficulties, including COPD, asthma, and infections.

For a care facility to admit patients and meet demand, they must have necessary equipment on hand and available without delays, and also be compliant with local and state regulations. A facility with essential equipment available, and easy access to equipment as needed, can more easily meet demand and gain market share. Caregivers and staff need to know that the equipment is well-maintained and works as designed.

In addition to having a respiratory equipment supply service for nursing homes, nursing homes have significant costs, and have to take whatever cost-cutting measures they can. Being able to admit patients whenever necessary and provide the supplies they need enables nursing homes to meet their financial goals and stay ahead of the costs.

Our Respiratory Equipment Supply Service for Nursing Homes

Our equipment supply services include same day regional delivery and in house consignment programs, for oxygen concentrators, ventilators, and other equipment your facility needs. Your staff can concentrate on providing quality care and admitting new patients without concern about having the necessary supplies. Our staff ensures that medical equipment is biomedically inspected annually, enabling you to offer your patients easier breathing and more comfortable living.

In addition to equipment supplies, Aeris provides inspection and maintenance services, including for:

• Respiratory equipment owned by your facility
• Equipment changes and resulting compliance and regulatory needs
• Annual inspections of biomedical equipment

When you need a dependable respiratory equipment supply service for nursing homes, reach out to Aeris Consulting from anywhere in the U.S. We can ensure that your facility can admit patients as needed and that your equipment is working properly.

Equipment provided by Aeris includes: Oxygen Concentrators, Ventilators, Bipap machines; Cpap masks, Airvos, Nebulizers, and more.

In addition to respiratory equipment sales and rentals, Aeris Consulting offers a variety of other services to nursing homes and care facilities throughout the United States. Reach out to us for respiratory therapists and staffing, ventilator management, education and training, and inspections and maintenance for your respiratory equipment.

At Aeris Consulting, our mission every day is to help nursing homes throughout the country maintain the needed staff and equipment to handle growing patient needs, while remaining a profitable enterprise that keeps costs down. We can help you ensure that you have the staff and supplies you need and your care facility remains profitable.

We are a team of experienced and successful healthcare professionals that are focused on bridging the gap between acute and post-acute care. We serve over 100 contracted facilities across the United States, providing acute care consulting, respiratory care services, and a variety of respiratory equipment and supplies.

To find out more about equipment sales and rentals through Aeris, click here to contact us today.

Aeris Now Offers PPE Supplies in Bulk

In an effort to keep our clients safe during these trying times, Aeris is offering PPE supplies in bulk to facilities we work with. Aeris is dedicated to providing large quantities of personal protective equipment to medical offices, skilled nursing facilities and surgical centers throughout the United States.

Our team sources top quality PPE products from around the world and warehouses them for direct distribution to medical facilities. Our parent company has contracts with over 100 facilities nationwide to provide respiratory supplies and PPE on a regular basis.

Take no chances and click here to contact the Aeris staff today for PPE supplies. We hope to help you move forward safely.

Recently, an article appeared in the Skilled Nursing News that specifies how outsourced RT creates increased profitability under PDPM (the Patient-Driven Payment Model). The article quotes Edwin Frost of Aeris Consulting, regarding the potential for increased profit for nursing homes; you can read it here.

As the article notes, PDPM matches reimbursement for nursing homes based on resident acuity. Frost points out that in the wake of long term acute care hospitals closing, skilled nursing facilities have been taking on sicker patients with more complex needs. With PDPM, credit will be given to nursing homes for caring for these sicker patients.

While in the past caring for more complex illnesses had been a cost of doing business, there will now be greatly increased reimbursement potential for skilled nursing facilities. A facility needs to demonstrate at least 15 minutes of face time between respiratory therapists and patients each day, and the facility must also document a patient’s condition during a specified look back period. With timely respiratory therapy through outsourcing, the article also points out, nursing homes can also prevent costly hospital trips for patients.

All of these changes make outsourced RT creates increased profitability under PDPM for skilled nursing facilities. Frost stated for the article that consulting services typically cost about one-third of the total reimbursement that providers accrue, making for as much as a 70% return on investment. In addition, outsourcing is an alternative to in-house training for staff nurses that can only see a few patients per hour, and who could simply leave in an area where there is high turnover.

Click here to see the article and find out more about how outsourced RT creates increased profitability under PDPM. PDPM represents an increased profit source for skilled nursing facilities, and it’s likely to be a source of revenue for SNFs in 2020 and beyond.

Edwin Frost is the leader of Aeris Consulting & Management in West Deptford, NJ. He is a Registered Respiratory Therapist whose area of expertise is in hospital and health care in the greater Philadelphia area. In addition to serving on the faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Independence University in California, he has served as the National Director of Operations for 23 sleep related breathing disorder clinics across the United States.

Find Out More About Outsourced RT Creates Increased Profitability Under PDPM

At Aeris Consulting, we specialize in sleep and respiratory care for nursing homes, correctional institutions and more. We can help you keep the necessary staff on hand for your current number of patients and handle increased patient numbers as needed. Our respiratory staff members are experienced, licensed and trained, and can handle all your patients’ needs…from assessment and monitoring, to treating acute respiratory needs.

We offer temporary staffing services, for 13 to 26 week assignments, and can enable you to bridge the gap between part-time and full-time hires, with effective staff members filling in until you find full-time staff. Aeris Consulting is ready at a moment’s notice to deliver assistance for your supplemental staffing as needed.

Reach out to us for your nursing home needs, including temporary staffing, equipment maintenance and repairs, and equipment and supply rentals. We serve over 100 contracted facilities throughout the United States, and we work to provide our skilled nursing partners with cost-effective solutions.

Click here to contact us today.

Aeris Now Offers PPE Supplies in Bulk

In an effort to keep our clients safe during these trying times, Aeris is offering PPE supplies in bulk to facilities we work with. Aeris is dedicated to providing large quantities of personal protective equipment to medical offices, skilled nursing facilities and surgical centers throughout the United States.

Our team sources top quality PPE products from around the world and warehouses them for direct distribution to medical facilities. Our parent company has contracts with over 100 facilities nationwide to provide respiratory supplies and PPE on a regular basis.

Take no chances and click here to contact the Aeris staff today for PPE supplies. We hope to help you move forward safely.

If you regularly follow stories related to nursing facilities and care, you may have seen our own Ed Frost featured in Skilled Nursing News. If not, you can read this informative article here.

Ed Frost Speaks About The Potential of PDPM

The piece is focused on the increased potential for profitable care in the era of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). The author of the article, industry expert Alex Spanko, spoke with both Ed Frost of Aeris Consulting and Melissa Sabo of Gravity Healthcare Consulting, regarding PDPM and what it means for skilled nursing facilities.

As detailed in the article, more complex respiratory therapy for sicker patients is becoming a key revenue source for facilities. As Frost points out, “Skilled nursing facilities over the past several years, and this has really amped up in the past five years, are being forced to take sicker and sicker and sicker patients — especially with many areas of the country losing their long-term acute care hospitals.”

Frost added that “There’s very little access to higher levels of care, intermediary levels of care, and they really have been forced to take sicker and sicker folks.” He noted that with PDPM, nursing homes will now receive credit for admitting sicker patients that require higher levels of care.

Frost also emphasized that it’s not necessarily a fee-for-service play…with a timely intervention from a respiratory therapist, a nursing home operator can help to prevent return trips to the hospital for patients. Cardio pulmonary problems are a very common source of hospital readmissions.

The piece took note of the potential for growth in skilled nursing facilities as a result of decreased readmissions. A skilled respiratory therapy facility can save on the high costs of hospital readmissions, which has a positive impact on a facility’s reputation. As Frost pointed out, “Readmission rates start to go down, their marketability starts to improve. Amongst patients and family members, when they’re in the facility, confidence levels increase.”

With the increased potential for earnings for respiratory care through PDPM, skilled nursing facilities should seek a consulting service that can help guide them through the coming changes and stay profitable in the future. Be sure to read the article with Ed Frost featured in Skilled Nursing News to find out more, and how respiratory therapy providers can provide a strong return on investment through PDPM. To contact us to find out about how we can meet your facility’s respiratory care needs, click here.

Frost has been a Registered Respiratory Therapist since 1992. In addition to managing successful long term and acute care respiratory care programs, Mr. Frost served on the faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Independence University in California. He has served as the National Director of Operations for 23 sleep related breathing disorder clinics across the country, and as the Mid-West Director of Sales and Marketing for the 3rd largest independent education company in the United States. Mr. Frost is proficient in the DOH, CMS, AASM, and Joint Commission survey process. He is an active member of the New Jersey State Board of Respiratory Care.

Aeris Now Offers PPE Supplies in Bulk

In an effort to keep our clients safe during these trying times, Aeris is offering PPE supplies in bulk to facilities we work with. Aeris is dedicated to providing large quantities of personal protective equipment to medical offices, skilled nursing facilities and surgical centers throughout the United States.

Our team sources top quality PPE products from around the world and warehouses them for direct distribution to medical facilities. Our parent company has contracts with over 100 facilities nationwide to provide respiratory supplies and PPE on a regular basis.

Take no chances and click here to contact the Aeris staff today for PPE supplies. We hope to help you move forward safely.

Our services have had respiratory therapists making top dollar during pandemic concerns. With the ongoing circumstances, our specialty is being highly sought after by patients fighting respiratory issues. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the importance of awareness in respiratory care. In the past three months, we’ve seen a spike in the public’s concern for their health, and respiratory therapists have been doing well given their workload. This increased workload has the respiratory therapists making top dollar during pandemic even more busy than ever.

Aeris Consulting & Management LLC is a team of experienced healthcare professionals that specialize in “Bridging the Gap” between acute and post-acute care. Aeris is an expert in the provision of all aspects of respiratory care. We are currently seeking talented professionals to offer their talents to our team.

As a respiratory therapist with us, you will perform services ranging from as needed patient assessments and monitoring, to fully staffed pulmonary programs (Tracheostomy, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and Ventilator Programs.)

We also offer temporary respiratory care staffing for 13 to 26-week assignments. This is a great way to find work between part-time and full time hires, and our temporary caregivers can be a useful stand-in, creating an opportunity for full-time employment in the future,

Company History

You will be standing on the shoulders of great leadership with years of experience in respiratory health services if you join our team.

Aeris Consulting & Management, LLC is led by Edwin C. Frost, RRT. Mr. Frost served on the faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Independence University in California, served as the National Director of Operations for 23 sleep-related breathing disorder clinics across the country and served as the Mid-West Director of Sales and Marketing for the 3rd largest independent education company in the United States.

It is from his vision and belief in the importance of health that we have seen respiratory therapists making top dollar during pandemic concerns.

Aeris Now Offers PPE Supplies in Bulk

In an effort to keep our clients safe during these trying times, Aeris is offering PPE supplies in bulk to facilities we work with. Aeris is dedicated to providing large quantities of personal protective equipment to medical offices, skilled nursing facilities and surgical centers throughout the United States.

Our team sources top quality PPE products from around the world and warehouses them for direct distribution to medical facilities. Our parent company has contracts with over 100 facilities nationwide to provide respiratory supplies and PPE on a regular basis.

Take no chances and click here to contact the Aeris staff today for PPE supplies. We hope to help you move forward safely.