Fewer transfers. Stronger surveys. A physician team that's actually there.
Essen Clinical Partners is an integrated clinical partner for skilled nursing facilities — a physician led, technology enabled care model serving more than 70 nursing homes across New York State.
One network, every setting, nothing falls through the cracks.
Essen Clinical Partners is the integrated clinical partner arm of Essen Health Care, one of New York's leading integrated healthcare organizations. We provide nursing home physician services and the clinical infrastructure skilled nursing facilities rely on to support their residents.
Our partnership approach helps strengthen clinical coverage, improve continuity of care across the resident's stay, and support facility leadership in meeting today's clinical challenges with confidence.
Currently Serving:
Manhattan · Bronx · Brooklyn · Queens · Staten Island · Long Island · Westchester County · Hudson Valley
Currently expanding into New Jersey (Bergen County) and Connecticut (Fairfield County).
End to end care delivery across three phases
True integration across hospital, SNF, and community, not just rounding — one team accountable across the entire resident journey.
Pre-Admission
- ✓Hospital coordination and clinical liaisons
- ✓Referral pipelines
- ✓Reduced hospital length of stay
- ✓Streamlined hospital-to-SNF transitions
During the SNF Stay
- ✓Daily on-site provider coverage
- ✓Interdisciplinary care coordination
- ✓Pharmacy and compliance oversight
- ✓24/7 on-call coverage
- ✓PDPM optimization
Post-Discharge
- ✓Transitions of Care (TOC) program
- ✓SDOH support and social services
- ✓Full Essen network access
- ✓Community continuity of care
Results that show up in your numbers, fast.
A 300-bed skilled nursing facility partnering with Essen for physician and medical director services achieved this within the first two months.
A targeted initiative with a major Bronx hospital partner cut length of stay for nursing home patients admitted to the hospital.
Patients receiving Essen transitions-of-care services after discharge saw a 45% relative reduction in 30-day readmissions.
Essen vs New York vs National
Pulled from CMS Care Compare. Essen leads on nearly every domain that drives star ratings, survey performance, and total cost of care.
| Metric | Essen | NY | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Star Rating (avg)Higher is better | 3.45 | 3.05 | 3.01 |
| Homes Rated 4 or 5 StarsHigher is better | 55% | 41% | 40% |
| Quality Measure Rating (avg)Higher is better | 4.21 | 3.91 | 3.66 |
| Staffing Rating (avg)Higher is better | 2.52 | 2.75 | 2.87 |
| Health Deficiencies, Recent SurveyLower is better | 7.3 | 7.7 | 9.3 |
| Homes with Any Fine or PenaltyLower is better | 14% | 32% | 47% |
| Short-Stay RehospitalizationLower is better | 19.1% | 20.7% | 23.9% |
| Long-Stay Hospitalizations / 1,000 DaysLower is better | 1.69 | 1.68 | 1.90 |
| Antipsychotic Use, Long StayLower is better | 11.3% | 13.8% | 15.4% |
| Antianxiety or Hypnotic Use, Long StayLower is better | 9.9% | 13.3% | 19.5% |
On staffing: nurse staffing ratios are set by the facility, not Essen, so this is the one metric outside our scope. Even where staffing falls below average, Essen's physician led oversight still drives top tier outcomes on the measures we own.
Source: CMS Care Compare. Green marks the best of the three scores in each row.
More than coverage. A care partner.
True integration across hospital, SNF, and community, not just rounding.
One team follows the resident through every transition, so care never restarts from zero.
Daily on-site provider model with 24/7 on-call coverage.
The clinicians who round all day are the ones on call overnight, flagging issues before they become a 2am transfer.
Value-based care alignment through CMS ACO partnership.
Incentives are built around keeping residents healthy and out of the hospital, not volume.
Technology-enabled care: remote monitoring, telehealth, and cardiac vital tracking.
Early warning signs surface in data before they surface as a crisis.
Scalable staffing with physicians, NPs, and house staff.
Coverage flexes to your census and acuity without gaps or locum churn.
Deep New York market experience serving 70+ facilities statewide.
We know the state survey process, the payers, and the referral landscape you operate in.
We serve facilities across the greater New York region, with active expansion underway.
Connecticut ( Fairfield County)
Core clinical services and care management
- On-site physician services
- Nurse practitioners and medical house staff
- Medical directorships
- In-house specialty care and telehealth consults
- Behavioral health integration (BHI and CoCM)
- Remote patient monitoring and cardiac vital tracking
- Chronic disease and advanced primary care management
- Pharmacy management support
- CMS survey readiness and compliance
- Ongoing nursing education and clinical training
- 24/7 on-call coverage
In house specialists, on site and on call
Providers in the nursing home column round directly in facilities. The full office roster is available through telehealth or in person, with expedited scheduling.
Let's transform your facility's outcomes together.
Schedule a discovery conversation and we'll design a clinical model tailored to your census, acuity, and priorities.
No obligation, no generic pitch deck — just a clinical model review.