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Local company wants your home to be energy efficient A Monrovia window manufacturer, Vista Windows, is asking its neighbors get into the energy efficiency financing with a program called HERO. What does the HERO stand for you may we’ll ask as we did. California Gov. Jerry Brown recently presented HERO, the public-private partnership that has helped several thousand home owners make energy efficient upgrades, with the Environmental and Economic Leadership Award. The state award recognizes individuals, businesses and organizations that demonstrate leadership and make notable contributions to conserve California’s resources, enhance the environment, build partnerships and strengthen California’s economy. Severn Williams, a spokesman for the program, says HERO has resulted in more than $208 million in economic stimulus in the Inland region and other locales in California last year. In less than two years, HERO has become the larg-
Jack Orswell announces Second bid for the 27th Congressional District
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est Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program in the nation — helping more than 6,000 property owners make upgrades to their homes and reduce energy consumption by more than 67 Gigawatts. HERO has also created more than 1,000 new jobs in the region, according to Williams. HERO is an acronym that stands for: Home Energy Renovation Opportunity. HERO is the #1 energy efficiency financing program in the United States. HERO partners with local governments to make energy efficient, water efficient, and renewable energy products more affordable for homeowners.
HERO is unique in that it provides financing for approved energy efficient, water efficient, and renewable energy products. HERO finances 100% of the cost to purchase and install eligible products. The program also offers low-fixed interest rates, flexible payment terms including 5/10/15/20 years for most products, and repayments are made through your property taxes. Additionally, if the property is sold before the HERO Financing is paid in full, the remaining payments can be passed on to a new property owner. Simple, efficient and green! For more information, contact(626)359-3600 Vista Window Mfg., Inc. 600 E. Fig Avenue, Monrovia
On Friday, January 10, 2014, at the monthly Foothills Lincoln Club meeting, Jack Orswell announced his intention to file as a candidate for the California 27th Congressional District. “As a small business owner and a former FBI Agent, I believe that our government is no longer effectively serving the needs of the people. Congress is filled with career politicians who are influenced by corporate and union money,
ignoring the voices of the people. Excessive, wasteful spending has produced a national debt that will be an enormous financial burden to our children and grandchildren. I believe that I can make a difference. With my leadership skills, my small business and government experience, and a strong desire to serve my community, I know that I can represent the people of the 27th District and build a better long-term future for
our families and America.” Orswell was a 2012 candidate for the 27th Congressional District and received over 86,000 votes in the November 2012 election. The 27th Congressional District extends from Pasadena and Altadena, south to Rosemead and Monterey Park, and east out to Claremont and the northern half of Upland. The district also includes a large portion of the Angeles National Forest.
Museums free-for-all - Jan. 25, 2014 In Southern California, SoCal Museums (previously the Museum Marketing Roundtable) announces the ninth annual “Museums FreeFor-All” Saturday, January 25, 2014. The museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors and invite visitors free of charge. This offer is for general museum admission only and may not apply to special ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply; consult individual museum websites for hours and
other visitor information. Annenberg Space for Photography Armory Center for the Arts The Autry National Center of the American West California African American Museum California Science Center Fowler Museum at UCLA The Getty Center The Getty Villa (Timed tickets are required. Visit www.getty.edu.) Hammer Museum Japanese American National Museum Los Angeles County Museum of
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Art (LACMA) (Offer valid for general admission only. Does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions.) Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial (Hollywood and San Pedro) The Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Latin American Art Orange County Museum of Art The Paley Center for Media Pasadena Museum of California Art Santa Monica Museum of Art Skirball Cultural Center More information visit SoCalMuseums.org
YOUR DME COMPANY LETTING YOU DOWN? If you’re frustrated with your DME provider, find out why thousands of physicians prefer “Classic”
Why Classic?
We relieve you from the burden of answering day-to-day equipment issues.
“Sleep” is our specialty. That’s right, no oxygen, scooters, wheelchairs, beds or other DME. We supply only PAP equipment and related replenishment supplies. This allows us to be real experts in what we do and to concentrate on delivering the patient care that matters. The fact we serve more than 18,000 patients over 18 states and are growing rapidly is testament to our focus and commitment to delivering timely setup and having happy and compliant patients.
able to continue to collect usage data.
Compliance through great patient care
When calling patients we use data generated from our proprietary Download on Demand® software. This takes the raw data streams from patient’s modems, parses the data to produce compliance reports containing key data points and a graph that our clinicians use so that they can have an intelligent conversation with the patient based on that patient’s actual use of their equipment. Of course patients can (and do!) call in to our patient care center for help and advice from our clinicians at any time.
is what really sets us apart from the pack. Our licensed respiratory professionals (respiratory therapists and registered sleep techs) work with patients from the time of setup and throughout their therapy with one goal in mind…to ensure they quickly adapt to their therapy and stay compliant over time.
Our CPAP Circle of Care® program
was carefully designed to achieve this. The first step of the program is for one of our licensed respiratory therapists to complete the setup faceto-face with the patient, either in their home or their doctor’s office, usually within 72 hours of approval. Our R/T will set the machine to the prescription and then educate the patient on its use, care and maintenance. And educate the patient on what to expect over the first days and weeks of their therapy. We set up all patients on the highest quality machines fitted with wireless modems (regardless of insurance). And we leave the modems on the machine indefinitely so as to be
Interested in learning more? www.classicsleepcare.com
After setup patients are passed to our patient care center for ongoing compliance care. Our licensed clinicians make outgoing calls at 72 hours, 30 days and 90 days after setup to interdict any problems patients may be having. A field R/T will make a re-visit to a patient in their home where a problem cannot be resolved over the phone.
Download on Demand® - Driving Compliance
Our goal is to have happy, compliant patients while taking the brunt of the every-day questions patients invariably have. This relieves the burden from our referring physician’s offices who otherwise have to deal with this call volume, and depending on the experience of the doctor in this field, may not be able to answer typical questions the patient has regarding equipment issues (e.g. how to fix a leaking mask).
Skeptical?
So you’ve heard it all before? All the DME’s brag that they’re the best and have a great compliance and supply replenishment program.... everybody talks the talk...so who do you believe? Your patients...that’s who! We’ll prove it to you. Send us two or three patients and then ask your patients about the care they received and their opinion of the process... then compare the results to your existing DME provider. Talk to your staff about the interaction they have with our office. Look at our documentation. Reach out to Bill Kleiman (contact info below) to set up an inservice over lunch with your staff to go over our program and answer any questionvs you may have.
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If you are not currently screening your patients for sleep apnea and would like to learn more about how we can help you, please call.
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The prescribing doctor receives documentation by eFax (or electronically via EMR system integration), starting with confirmation of receipt of the referral through every touch we have with the patient. This includes a copy of the 2-page compliance reports containing our Download on Demand® data and a copy of the notes made by our clinician during a call. Our proprietary systems automate the flow of documentation keeping referring doctors completely informed about their patients’ progress and ensure physicians have the documentation they need for follow-up consultations with their patients.
Bill Kleiman, Regional VP of Sales
Cell (818) 515-6906 | Office toll free 888 707-2454 | Office Fax 888-249-3875 30851 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills CA 91301