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Dr. Andrew Mayo: Hospice Leaders Face ‘Delicate Balance’ in Today’s Regulatory, Workforce Climate

Hospice News

Today’s hospice leaders need to take a wide view into the range of challenges facing their interdisciplinary care teams, according to Dr. Andrew Mayo, chief medical officer at St. Croix Hospice. Croix Hospice in 2014 as an associate medical director. Mayo joined St. Paul, Minnesota and going on to practice in St.

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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

Hospice News

Whitaker has been at the helm of the nonprofit since 2014, serving as COO prior to that. She became a hospice nurse for By the Bay Health in 1996, then named Hospice of Marin, taking on various roles in clinical leadership throughout her more than 27-year tenure.

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Partners In Care, Summit Health Join Forces on Palliative Care

Hospice News

Beginning this July, Summit Health patients will have access to palliative care consultations and expanded services through the partnership. . In 2014, Partners In Care began offering palliative care services to patients of Summit Health’s oncology department at the Eastside Clinic in Bend, Oregon.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC.

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

Hospice News

I look forward to engaging our talented medical staff to lead the industry in providing end-of-life care.”. As director of pediatrics, Brazzale provided 24/7 supportive care in the home to seriously ill children and their families, and also developed educational materials for clinical staff.

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Palliative and end of life care as a human right

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Developed in the late 1990s and undergoing incremental changes, until recognised that this pathway represented a number of significant failings, led to the publishing of a damning report by The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People in 2014. What is Palliative and End of Life Care?

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Sequestration’s Return Creating a ‘Tsunami of Pain Points’ for Hospices

Hospice News

Widespread workforce shortages also have hospices struggling to offer competitive compensation in a shrinking resource pool. Sequestration was established in 2014 by the Budget Control Act. Its suspension during COVID-19 has been a lifeline for hospice leaders pummeled by a mix of several financial and operational challenges.

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