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St. Croix Hospices Opens Wisconsin De Novo

Hospice News

“We have been serving the state of Wisconsin for many years, continuing our long tradition of exceptional patient care,” St. Croix Hospice CEO Heath Bartness said in a press release. “That reputation of excellence leads more patients, families and facilities to seek our services.”

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VITAS Healthcare Strengthens Executive Team with Key Promotions in Hospice Operations, HME Department

Hospice News

Starting out as a bedside nurse in 2006, Coronado has held multiple roles within VITAS, including team manager, inpatient unit manager and patient care administrator. Anthony Cosma II, a 12-year veteran of VITAS, assumes the role of VP of hospice operations.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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They’ve found their clinical backgrounds gave them valuable perspective as they worked to strike a balance between their patients and their workforce. As a nurse practitioner, what led you to begin a hospice program? I became a registered nurse in 2012 and received my nurse practitioner degree in 2017. We can close that gap.

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How Emerging Hospice Regulations Could Impact Providers

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During the past two years, CMS has introduced new regulations, updated survey process, increased auditing activity and enhanced reviews of providers’ claims, patient eligibility and quality data. That can reach the next level of getting additional parties involved to protect these organizations’ interests in patient care.

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Compassus Makes Moves in C-Suite; Workforce Retention at Core of AccentCare’s Leadership Change

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Since joining the company in 2012, Templeton has served as senior vice president and chief of clinical operations. Darlene will build upon our top-tier hospice team culture and expand upon the policies that support a positive work environment. New COO Takes Helm at Compassus.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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There was a patient who was living in Seattle at a skilled nursing facility. And she was from Oregon, of course, and in Oregon in 2012, she had completed an advanced directive for stopping eating and drinking once she had advanced dementia. And I knew it was a matter of time before this came along. People are, oh, I know that they are.

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Advocates Rally in DC for the Future of Hospice: NHPCO and HAN Amplify Provider Voices on Capitol Hill

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In addition to advocate meetings with congressional offices on Wednesday, Hospice Action Week also featured various other meetings of hospice and palliative care leaders from across the country. 1330 “Gerald’s Law Act;” a bill which was advocated for during Hospice Action Week.

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