Question about Saba Healthcare's Medicaid applications
Hi Moshe,
You know this better than I do. Come January 2027, back-pay for Medicaid only reaches 60 days, putting more pressure on residents and their families to dig through five years of financial history to prove eligibility. And if they struggle to get it done in time, that quickly becomes a problem for the nursing home.
I'm a founder deciding whether to build something for the family-paperwork half of that, so I'm talking to Illinois operators, where pending runs longer than almost anywhere in the country, before building anything. Nothing to sell. I'm trying to understand how Saba Healthcare handles eligibility across your 11 buildings today. In house, an outside firm, or does it land on the families?
Your buildings carry more Medicaid than most, so this probably isn't theoretical for you. I'm guessing it lands somewhere near your desk. If not, a pointer to whoever owns it helps. Otherwise, open to 20 minutes this week? Either way I'll send you what other operators pay per case and who they use. Anonymized, and only what each one agrees to share.
-Stephen
All in house grinding
Moshe Blonder, LNHA, EMT-B
SaBa HealthCare
3531 Howard Street STE 1006
Skokie, Il 60076
Mblonder@sabahc.com
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Hi Moshe,
You know this better than I do. Come January 2027, back-pay for Medicaid only reaches 60 days, putting more pressure on residents and their families to dig through five years of financial history to prove eligibility. And if they struggle to get it done in time, that quickly becomes a problem for the nursing home.
I'm a founder deciding whether to build something for the family-paperwork half of that, so I'm talking to Illinois operators, where pending runs longer than almost anywhere in the country, before building anything. Nothing to sell. I'm trying to understand how Saba Healthcare handles eligibility across your 11 buildings today. In house, an outside firm, or does it land on the families?
Your buildings carry more Medicaid than most, so this probably isn't theoretical for you. I'm guessing it lands somewhere near your desk. If not, a pointer to whoever owns it helps. Otherwise, open to 20 minutes this week? Either way I'll send you what other operators pay per case and who they use. Anonymized, and only what each one agrees to share.
-Stephen
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Prospect: Moshe Blonder at Saba Healthcare
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Subject: Question about Saba Healthcare's Medicaid applications
Hi Moshe,
You know this better than I do. Come January 2027, back-pay for Medicaid only reaches 60 days, putting more pressure on residents and their families to dig through five years of financial history to prove eligibility. And if they struggle to get it done in time, that quickly becomes a problem for the nursing home.
I'm a founder deciding whether to build something for the family-paperwork half of that, so I'm talking to Illinois operators, where pending runs longer than almost anywhere in the country, before building anything. Nothing to sell. I'm trying to understand how Saba Healthcare handles eligibility across your 11 buildings today. In house, an outside firm, or does it land on the families?
Your buildings carry more Medicaid than most, so this probably isn't theoretical for you. I'm guessing it lands somewhere near your desk. If not, a pointer to whoever owns it helps. Otherwise, open to 20 minutes this week? Either way I'll send you what other operators pay per case and who they use. Anonymized, and only what each one agrees to share.
-Stephen
--- Their reply (classification: unclassified) ---
All in house grinding
Moshe Blonder, LNHA, EMT-B
SaBa HealthCare
3531 Howard Street STE 1006
Skokie, Il 60076
Mblonder@sabahc.com
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Hi Moshe,
You know this better than I do. Come January 2027, back-pay for Medicaid only reaches 60 days, putting more pressure on residents and their families to dig through five years of financial history to prove eligibility. And if they struggle to get it done in time, that quickly becomes a problem for the nursing home.
I'm a founder deciding whether to build something for the family-paperwork half of that, so I'm talking to Illinois operators, where pending runs longer than almost anywhere in the country, before building anything. Nothing to sell. I'm trying to understand how Saba Healthcare handles eligibility across your 11 buildings today. In house, an outside firm, or does it land on the families?
Your buildings carry more Medicaid than most, so this probably isn't theoretical for you. I'm guessing it lands somewhere near your desk. If not, a pointer to whoever owns it helps. Otherwise, open to 20 minutes this week? Either way I'll send you what other operators pay per case and who they use. Anonymized, and only what each one agrees to share.
-Stephen
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MANUAL· to Mblonder@sabahc.com · 6/15/2026, 9:50:35 PM
Re: Question about Saba Healthcare's Medicaid applications
Thanks Moshe.
Would you or someone on the team be open to a quick 15 min call this week?
I was hoping to learn more about how it works and whether there's a way to
make it better.
Stephen
On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM Moshe Blonder <Mblonder@sabahc.com> wrote:
> All in house grinding
>
> Moshe Blonder, LNHA, EMT-B
> SaBa HealthCare
>
> 3531 Howard Street STE 1006
> Skokie, Il 60076
> Mblonder@sabahc.com
>
>
>
> On Jun 15, 2026, at 2:18 PM, stephen@castellan.so wrote:
>
>
>
> You don't often get email from stephen@castellan.so. Learn why this is
> important <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification>
>
> Hi Moshe,
>
> You know this better than I do. Come January 2027, back-pay for Medicaid
> only reaches 60 days, putting more pressure on residents and their families
> to dig through five years of financial history to prove eligibility. And if
> they struggle to get it done in time, that quickly becomes a problem for
> the nursing home.
>
> I'm a founder deciding whether to build something for the family-paperwork
> half of that, so I'm talking to Illinois operators, where pending runs
> longer than almost anywhere in the country, before building anything.
> Nothing to sell. I'm trying to understand how Saba Healthcare handles
> eligibility across your 11 buildings today. In house, an outside firm, or
> does it land on the families?
>
> Your buildings carry more Medicaid than most, so this probably isn't
> theoretical for you. I'm guessing it lands somewhere near your desk. If
> not, a pointer to whoever owns it helps. Otherwise, open to 20 minutes this
> week? Either way I'll send you what other operators pay per case and who
> they use. Anonymized, and only what each one agrees to share.
>
> -Stephen
>
>