About Us

Diversified Health Partners are experts in senior living services. We provide solutions for our clients. This is accomplished by finding “opportunities” available through innovation, expertise, and strategic partnerships.

A wealth of experience across the spectrum of healthcare

Our Leadership Team has significant experience in the healthcare industry and management consulting. Our team members have been chief executive officers, or senior level executives and managers in public companies, large private companies, entrepreneurial companies and professional service firms. We deliver results. We understand how to succeed because we have succeeded and are prepared to use our experiences and skills to help you and your organization.

Our consultants have practical experience and proven talent and will provide you with expertise that will meet a variety of needs, and help you to identify and capitalize on opportunities. We understand your business of post-acute care. We’re confident we can assist your organization to meet its needs today, and as you strategize for the future.

Our team includes:

Licensed Nursing Home Administrators

MDS (Minimum Data Set) Expert

Clinical Dietician

Restructuring Attorneys

Brokers

Shelly comes from a very diverse background with more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, workforce management, sales/business development management, strategic planning, financial acumen and strong leadership development skills. She has held previous roles including Chief Operations Officer for a multi-state operation. Ms. Szarek-Skodny began her career in post-acute care as a Regional Human Resource Manager for a HCR/Manor Care and moved into operations quickly.

She has worked with Kindred, Altercare of Ohio, HCR/Manor Care, University Hospitals, and has partnered with Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Summa Healthcare. She has been a multi-site manager in several industries and brings that breadth and depth to her clients.

She then proceeded to work within non-profit, private, for-profit entities in large and mid-size corporations. She has a track record of success and currently serves in state and national capacities for consultation within her own consulting firm started in 2009.

She is the President for the Ohio Person Centered Care Coalition created under Governor Kasich and Transformational Change, an active committee member of Ohio Health Care Association (Human Resources, Reimbursement and Quality), Leading Age Ohio, National Pioneer Network Representative for Ohio, AHCA and National Transition of Care member. She is the founder of professional Networking Group and Executive Home Health Network.

She is a certified trainer and speaks professionally for McKnight’s Long Term Care, American Medical Directors Association, OHCA, American College of Health Care Administrators, and many more associations.

Her clients have included hospitals, CEOs, attorneys, private equity companies, cottage industry, technology firms and all levels of the continuum of the senior industry.

She is sought to speak nationally at conventions and serve on boards related to healthcare and human resources. She is an active committee member of Ohio Health Care Association (Human Resources, Finance and Quality), AHCA, and National Transition of Care Coalition member.

With more than 35 years clinical and managerial experience in a variety of settings, Jean directs and coordinates therapy operations, therapy personnel, recruiting, policy development, training, legal compliance and reimbursement from all insurers and all aspects of rehabilitative care. Jean is also skilled in consulting with other entities on optimizing the care, rehabilitation and reimbursement for a variety of patients in a host of different settings.

Jean’s history includes Regional Director of Operations for large and small corporations, both national and local. She has directed therapy staff and operations in skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics and industrial rehabilitation as a Transitional Work Developer, Aquatics, Home Health Agencies and Acute Care. She has been with Diversified Health Partners since 2012.

With the ability and acumen to monitor Quality Assurance, MDS, Length of Stay and Functional Outcomes, the outcomes for the patients who are treated under the auspices of Diversified Health Partners have improved by better than 60%, case mix scores improved by 30%, and Part B claims were successfully defended and paid. As outcomes are the priority for patients, our Satisfaction Surveys have never been better. Jean has successfully implemented new technologies in the buildings in which she consults, including VitalStim and pressure mapping, as a means of providing optimized care for residents in the facilities, minimizing acquired pressure sores and maximizing quality of life.

As a member of the volunteer board for Cuyahoga Community College’s Center for Applied Gerontology, as well as other non-profit boards in the civic arena, Jean has provided education for a variety of healthcare workers, as well as lay people in the community. She has participated as a member of the Speaker’s Bureau for support groups, religious organizations, local bar associations and healthcare professional organizations.

Jody comes to Diversified Health Partners, LLC, with more than 22 years of executive and management level experience. She is an accomplished and innovative professional with a specialty leadership background in senior health and housing within post-acute communities.

In addition to working for two of the largest national long-term care providers, she has worked and project-managed for industry leading area companies, both for profit and philanthropic. Manor Care, Essex Healthcare, Beverly Enterprises and Paragon Rehabilitation Services have been her clients.

Jody has a proven track record as a strategic team builder who delivers successful bottom line outcomes in business development and planning, marketing, sales and census challenges. Her professional experience includes V.P. of Business Development, Corporate Director of Marketing and Midwest Regional Marketing Manager.

Jody is forward thinking with a results-driven outlook that carries over from her professional to her personal life. She is a graduate of Kent State University, Alumni member of Alpha Phi Sorority and has helped in several positions on community and industry boards of directors.

As a graduate of Walsh University, Dee has been involved in the healthcare industry for over 25 years. Dee has held positions as Chief Nursing Officer, Director of Reimbursement, Director of Nursing, Corporate and Regional Nurse Consultant, Clinical Turn-Around Specialist/Crisis Management Consultant on a national level as well as, is President of DR Kostolich and Associates LLC.

Dee has a clear vision, with practical hands-on approach to achieve outstanding results in the clinical arena. She has a proven track record of improving, creating working clinical systems, reimbursement and quality to long-term care facilities.

She actively serves on the Ohio Healthcare Association’s Council of Nurses, Facility Standards, Regulatory and Educational Committees, Convention Committee, Quality Commission, and Billing Subcommittee. She is a highly respected speaker and educator that is recognized in “Who’s – Who” amongst Professional Nursing Leaders. Her healthcare expertise includes but not limited to the following specialties: Medicare/Medicaid Compliance Reviews, Pre and Post Survey Compliance, RAC Readiness Reviews, re-engineering of clinical systems, Case-Mix reimbursement management, and is also a Partner with PointClickCare. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators, Ohio Healthcare Association and National Association of Sub-Acute/Post-Acute Care Providers

Mission, Vision and Values

Our unique vision, mission and values capture the essence of who we are and how we interact with one another. In addition, they speak to how we go to market and our commitment to delivering excellence to our clients, shareholders and the community.

Vision

To be the most trusted and respected professional services firm recognized by our clients for delivering excellence.

Mission

Diversified Health Partners is designed to not simply solve issues, but to help companies run more efficiently, lower operating costs and become more profitable. We do this by looking at every aspect of a company, which means finding “opportunities” that a client may not have even realized they had through innovation, expertise and strategic partnerships.

Values

Integrity | We do the right thing regardless of the consequences.
Pursuit of Excellence | We continually strive to exceed the expectations of our people and our clients.
Accountability | We take responsibility for individual and collective actions.
Collaboration | We work together to achieve collective and individual goals.
Passion | Our energy and enthusiasm are contagious. We are inspired to make a lasting impact.
Innovation | We constantly pursue new products and services to improve operations.
Strategic Partnerships | We develop relationships with companies who bring value to our clients and mirror our values.

Diversified Health Partners’ 5 Pillars of Success

DHP’s 5 Pillars of Success make us who we are. These foundational principles help define Diversified Health Partners, and each pillar shares the same core values and objectives:

Solutions-Driven Measures & Benchmarks
Transparency
Strategic Partnerships
Involve Stockholders
Process Improvement
Create Value

QUALITY FOCUS is refining and improving on performance and excellence. We will always work toward serving our customers’ needs.
CLIENTS FOR LIFE are our “Promoters” and “Idea Merchants”. We work toward our customers being “very satisfied” so they will trumpet our products, ANY services, any chance they get. We look for a positive response from our clients in two simple but very important areas: 1) Quality of service, and 2) Likelihood that they will recommend and purchase again.
INNOVATION is our process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value for our customers.
FINANCIAL FITNESS is our commitment to inform and inspire our customers with sharpened skills in money management, consumerism and financial assessment.
TALENT MANAGEMENT is our organization’s commitment to recruit, retain and develop the most talented and superior employees available.