Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

The letter highlighted the unique challenges that rural and frontier hospice and palliative care providers face, and how strengthened financial support could lead to sustainable access and better care transitions for serious and terminally ill rural-based patients.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

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. The Denver Hospice is an affiliate of the Care Synergy network, a collaborative of nonprofit hospice, home health and palliative care providers in Colorado.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Hyatt previously was the organization’s CEO and president from 2008 and 2016. He joined Care Synergy in 2019 as vice president of marketing and development. Its affiliates include the Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (CVNA), The Denver Hospice, Pathways, and Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, among others.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2022

. “With the addition of Comfort Hospice of St. Louis Missouri and Grace Hospice of Maumee Ohio, we are poised for expansion throughout the Midwest as we continue our mission of making hospice care more accessible to our communities,” Justin DeWitte, CEO of Residential Hospice, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The home health and hospice acquisition extends CommCare’s reach across Louisiana and in parts of Mississippi where Notre Dame provides services. The Notre Dame Health System launched services in 1977, and in the past two years provided roughly 131,000 days of hospice care to more than 1,800 patients. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners.

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Pallimed

JULY 11, 2022

Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is the fifth largest medical subspecialty! A close look at the fellowship match data from Dec 2021, shows that HPM has the fifth highest number of matched applicants, behind the big 4: Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hematology and Oncology, and Gastroenterology. Spread the word!

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Traditions Health

MARCH 26, 2025

He will also play a crucial role in supporting the hospice care team, ensuring overall programming is operating at the highest standards, and continuing to implement strategic, operational, and growth initiatives. About Traditions Health Traditions Health provides home health , hospice , and palliative care services.

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Hospice News

JULY 7, 2022

Croix Hospice is answering the growing hospice care needs of central Missouri by locating additional staff to serve communities from our new Jefferson City location,” said CEO Heath Bartness in a press release. based Lexington Hospice Care. in 2008, according to the U.S. . “St. Last month, St.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 6, 2024

Franklin, TN – Traditions Health is proud to announce our Lawrenceville, Georgia branch is now a Level Five Partner with We Honor Veterans, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Traditions Health is a portfolio company of Dorilton.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 14, 2024

Franklin, TN – Traditions Health is proud to announce our Spartanburg, South Carolina branch is now a Level One Partner with We Honor Veterans (WHV), a pioneering program developed by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 14, 2024

In her new role, Hellwege will be responsible for oversight of hospice operations in Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, and Virginia. About Traditions Health Traditions Health provides home health , hospice , and palliative care services. Traditions Health opened its first agency in Bryan, Texas in 2008.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 8, 2024

She will also play a crucial role in supporting the hospice care team, ensuring programming is operating at the highest of standards, and continuing to implement strategic, operational, and growth initiatives.  About Traditions Health Traditions Health provides home health , hospice , and palliative care services.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 18, 2024

She will also play a crucial role in supporting the hospice care team, ensuring overall programming is operating at the highest of standards, and continuing to implement strategic, operational, and growth initiatives. “I About Traditions Health Traditions Health provides home health , hospice , and palliative care services.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 14, 2024

When the time comes to make profound decisions about end-of-life care for a loved one, every question becomes a quest for the exceptional. A personalized approach, an unwavering commitment to comfort and dignity, and a deep understanding of each patient’s unique needs are at the heart of the hospice services we provide.

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Traditions Health

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The annual SHPBest award program was created to acknowledge hospice providers that consistently provide high-quality service to families and caregivers of patients receiving hospice care. Traditions Health opened its first agency in Bryan, Texas in 2008.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2025

Yale Universitys health system has established a new outpatient palliative care clinic designed for heart failure patients. Current American College of Cardiology guidelines recommend that patients who have advanced heart failure receive palliative care. million in 2008. Close to 6.7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary As far as weve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec, have we lost something along the way? In todays podcast we welcome some of the early pioneers in palliative care to talk about the roots of palliative care.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. Palliative care will be expanded. Hospice of the Panhandle has provided end-of-life services in West Virginia for more than 40 years, and also offers palliative care and pediatric hospice and palliative care. The bottom line is to help more people.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

What is our role as hospice and palliative care providers in advocating for high-quality hospice care? If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Starting with the headline, the story uses “hospice” as a monolithic term that makes little distinction among individual providers — heralding it overgeneralized and oversimplified perspective. The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for instance, filed an amicus brief with the court. population.

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NHPCO

JULY 11, 2024

Dr. Harper’s lifelong leadership had profound and lasting positives impact across social work; hospice care; and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). Her contributions continue to shape the landscape of hospice and palliative care today.

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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 1, 2022

He spent the summer side by side with Dr. Weissman going on hospice visits, assisting with curriculum, and more. From that moment on his life’s direction was set… Dr. Gedney was going to work in the field of Hospice and Palliative Care. Curt Gedney, and our Assistant Medical Director, Dr. Noelle Stevens!

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Startups such as Empathy, Betterleave Bereavement Care, Grief Refuge and Help Texts (formerly Grief Coach) have launched platforms designed to help families cope and assist with tasks such as funeral planning, account cancellations, legalities and financial arrangements. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 21, 2025

She will also play a crucial role in supporting the hospice care team, ensuring overall programming is operating at the highest of standards, and continuing to implement strategic, operational, and growth initiatives. About Traditions Health Traditions Health provides home health , hospice , and palliative care services.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome Joe Rotella, who’s the Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Happy to be here Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Carly Zapata, who is a palliative care physician faculty at UCSF and directs the Palliative Care Fellowship at UCSF.

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