News Archive | Chamber Outlook, February 2001 New Healthcare Model to Launch from MoVal ICC Breaking Ground A new model of healthcare for the new millennium is coming to Moreno Valley. The long awaited groundbreaking ceremony for Integrated Care Communities (ICC) will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday Feb. 23 on the grounds of Riverside County Regional Medical Center. The ICC project is the latest in a series of developments that will create a superb healthcare industry in Moreno Valley, note Chamber officials. With two new hospitals in the city and a college campus offering cutting-edge healthcare curriculum, Moreno Valley has taken another step forward in creating a medical care corridor in the southeastern section of the city, observed Chamber President Vern Sewell. The $16 million project will eventually create 170 permanent full-time health career jobs in the city and serve 180 long-term patients at its facilities. Over 200 guest, including Congressional Representatives Mary Bono and Ken Calvert, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, the Moreno Valley City Council, and the Director of HUD - Region IX, are invited to the buffet lunch and power point presentation on the various features of the ICC campus. After five years of planning and intensive reviews at the federal, county and city levels, the new nine-acre long-term medical care campus located on the grounds of the Medical Center is ready to become a reality. Featuring a unique, first-of-its-kind public/private partnership model, financed by the sales of tax-exempt bonds insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the ICC campus will provide residents of the Inland Empire with a complete continuum of care. From acute hospital stay to home health, wellness, adult day care, child day care, assisted living, and skilled nursing care, ICC is ready to provide a seamless transition of care from one level to the next. The project will be built in four Phases. Phase I will consist of 68 beds in 4 Assisted Living Facility buildings with 1 of the buildings dedicated to Alzheimer’s care Phase II will be a 236 occupant extended hours (6:30 am to 11:30 pm, M-F) Child Day Care Center with a special capacity allotment for sick and disabled infants and children. Both are scheduled to open in the Fall of 2001. Phase 2, a 60-bed Skilled Nursing Facility and Phase 4, an 80 occupant Adult Day Care Health Center, are to be completed by fall 2002. "This has been a dream of mine for over fifteen years and to see it now become reality is truly gratifying” said Dr. Carl E. Rowe, managing member of Integrated Care Communities. “Providing a new model of efficiency and effectiveness in long-term residential healthcare is especially timely as the demographic tidal wave of elderly will arrive in the next ten years. ICC and Riverside County have both looked ahead and are preparing to share health services responsibilities and integrate the needs of guests and their families with community, government and educational resources. This will ultimately result in improved healthcare delivery while reducing health services cost,” said Dr. Rowe, “which is a must if everyone in the future who needs service will be able to receive it.” Dr. Rowe and his management team have successfully operated nine residential care facilities in the Moreno Valley and Riverside areas for over ten years. Dr. Rowe is considered a leader and expert in the residential and long term care industries. He has served as an advisor to the State of California issues of elder residential care. Dr. Rowe and his wife Bette live in Moreno Valley. Return to News Archive Main Menu