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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

Hospice News

The Denver Hospice Appoints New Medical Director. The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. Hiranandani earned his medical degree from St.

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Former VITAS Manager Becomes VP of Operations; Hawaii E.D. Doc Turns Hospice Medical Director

Hospice News

Kauai Hospice Recruits Retired Emergency Doc as Medical Director. Dr. William “Monty” Downs is stepping into a new role as medical director of Hawaii-based Kaua‘i Hospice after retiring from 50 years in the emergency department at Wilcox Health Medical Centert. Wilcox Health is part of Hawaii Pacific Health.

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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

Hospice News

Prior to joining Arkansas Hospice, Bell was the post-acute medical director at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. Entering the hospice field in 2006, he has held clinical and leadership roles at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, among other organizations.

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CMS Proposes 2026 Hospice Payment Rule with Potential ‘Unimaginable’ Consequences

Hospice News

According to the language proposal, the regulatory changes around admission included clarification that only a hospice medical director or physician member of the interdisciplinary group can recertify a patient for services within a subsequent 90- or 60-day period of care.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Michele. Michele: Yep.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

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And I was working at the time at Yale in New Haven, and I became medical director of a facility which was initially created in New Haven as a hospice like facility for people with HIV, which is in late 1995 and in 1996 when the Protease inhibitors came along. Everyone should have an HIV test at least once in their life up to age 65.

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Bristol Hospice Expands, Rebrands Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

Launched in 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah-headquartered Bristol Hospice provides care out of 59 locations in 21 states. The hospice provider offers a dementia program, sleep assistance services, durable medical equipment and bereavement care, among other services.