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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. Agrace Expands Medical Team. Hiranandani earned his medical degree from St.

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The Benefits of Palliative, Home-Based Primary Care Integration

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A 2017 analysis of Northwestern’s program showed significant cost reductions, reduced hospital readmissions and increases in hospice enrollment and length of stay, Chiang said at the symposium. There is an intersection between what we do, We do a lot of the similar things. “We We do a lot of the same thing.

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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. For many patients with rare diseases, unmet needs extend far beyond the medical or clinical manifestations of their conditions,” Brown told Palliative Care News in an email. “For As a disease progresses, symptoms inevitably worsen.

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Seven Oaks Health Appoints New President, CMO

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Big Bend has also promoted its medical director, Dr. Deborah Morris, to chief medical officer of Seven Oaks. Wood joined Big Bend Hospice in 2017 as a consultant, later becoming CFO and ultimately the COO. The nonprofit has tapped Jon Wood to become president of Seven Oaks Health.

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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. He was previously medical director at Compassus since 2017.

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New CEOs Tapped at Adory, Montgomery, Prince George Hospices

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Aaby previously served as CFO from 1998 to 2017 at the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. Rai will also oversee medical operations at Care Synergy’s new Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program, anticipated to launch in the fourth quarter of this year. She will step into the role this June.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

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About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, MD, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL. She is currently the Vice-president of The Doctor Patient Forum, and she has been with the volunteer organization, Don't Punish Pain, since its inception in 2017.

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