Who was Hearthstone and why does information on Trillium appear on “nursing home ratings” websites?
Trillium succeeded a skilled nursing facility provider called Hearthstone who operated for many years at the locations now occupied by Trillium. When Trillium took over from Hearthstone, we established new entities, brought in new management, completed a comprehensive renovation of the properties and installed the necessary infrastructure to become a hospital, and be awarded hospital licenses by Arizona Department of Health Services in May 2008. The Medicare Provider identifier specifically attached to Trillium’s Transitional Care Unit (“TCU”) was assumed from Hearthstone due to the process required by the Federal government. This means that the various websites including Medicare.gov contain references to Trillium that include history that is, in reality, associated with Hearthstone. Unfortunately this distinction is not very clear to the viewer. As a practical matter, nearly every aspect of Trillium’s operations has been newly implemented on or after May 2008 and bears little or no s
