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Tapestry Hospice Execs Settle Fraud Case for $1.4M; Prison Term, $3M Penalty in Angel Care Case

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Lovell, along with Stephanie Harbour, executive director at Tapestry Hospice, and other hospice management staff Ben Harbour and registered nurse Andrew Nall, allegedly entered into kickback arrangements with medical directors of other health care organizations in exchange for hospice referrals. According to the U.S.

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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

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A 2009 study found that high levels of employee satisfaction correlates to more positive perceptions among families of the care their loved ones received. .’ I think we’re losing a lot of nurses because of this because their family is so unhappy.” NYSE: CHE). “We

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Agape Care’s New M&A VP, New CEO Takes Helm at Community Hospice

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Mission Healthcare, a portfolio company of the private equity firm the Vistria Group, was founded in 2009 and provides care to roughly 5,000 patients daily across its home state in California, as well as in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Appoints Medical Director.

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How do Patient Navigators Contribute to Equitable, Quality and Culturally Appropriate Health Care?

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In January 2009, the Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) staged the grand opening of the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona with Dr. Crista Johnson, MD, FACOG as the founding medical director. It is believed to be the only such clinic in the U.S.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Franklin also served on the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) via the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (9). About the Authors Lead author, Chad Kollas , serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. They’re really excellent, and if I have any complaint about them at all, it’s that they could have been issued in 2008, 2009. Joseph: Well, I think again, from my perspective, quality is what matters.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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By 2007, the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG), which included several eventual PROP members (23), published an “Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (26) that introduced the concept of hard dosing thresholds for opioid analgesics, which was later incorporated into the 2016 Guideline (2, 3).

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