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

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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. In just a few years, Dr. Raj Hiranandani, expanding its medical services team amid growth.

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Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

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Ginn served in that same role before being promoted to CFO in 2017 and executive vice president in 2021. AMOREM has locations across 12 counties in northwest North Carolina, which include four inpatient care units. His commitment to patient-centered care aligns perfectly with our organization’s mission. billion. “I

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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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Decisions regarding end-of-life care are incredibly difficult and personal, and families must be able to trust the intentions of their chosen providers,” Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said in a report from the U.S. million to settle alleged anti-kickback statute violations of the False Claims Act (FCA).

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.

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Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

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Launched in 2017, the hospice company serves predominantly rural-based populations in Montana, northern Wyoming and South Dakota. Allowing social workers and chaplains to do check in with telehealth, that would allow for more mid-level association with patients beyond the physicians involved in their care.

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How Palliative Care Could Address Unmet Needs of Patients With Rare Diseases

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Brown is also medical director of Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Phelps Center for Cerebral Palsy. Palliative a quality, cost driver An estimated 25–30 million Americans have some type of rare disease (RD) and experience unique challenges as a result, according to a 2017 study published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.

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

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I became a registered nurse in 2012 and received my nurse practitioner degree in 2017. My parents are both nurses and my wife is a nurse as well, so I’ve been around clinical care my entire life before we decided to branch out into hospice. I get into the field right alongside our staff to provide hospice care.

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