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Hospice Medical Director Receives 50-Month Prison Sentence for $150M Fraud

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A federal judge has sentenced Jesus Virlar-Cadena, formerly a medical director for the Texas-based hospice company Merida Group, to 50 months in prison for his role in a $152 million scheme. The Texas Medical Board suspended his medical license in 2019, when he pleaded guilty to the fraud charges. “In

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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. Hiranandani earned his medical degree from St.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Muir joined the organization in 2019 as its chief of clinical innovations. He first joined that company as its executive vice president of clinical services and CMO in 2002 while holding a similar role at Hospice of the Piedmont from 2019 to 2020. 3HC Announces New CEO 3HC Home Health & Hospice Care Inc.

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Congress to Mull End-of-Life Planning Bills

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Early conversations are positively associated with family decisions to limit or withdraw life-sustaining treatments, fewer in-hospital deaths, fewer unplanned hospital admissions, shorter hospital stays, family satisfaction with end-of-life care and increased odds of receiving strong opioid pain medications in the last 24 hours of life, according to (..)

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Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

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The provider’s palliative care team includes a physician medical director, social worker and nurse practitioners who now offer in-home palliative care to adult patients 18 and older facing a serious illness. “As Homeland previously provided facility-based palliative services and is now stepping into the home. Census Bureau.

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Stamford Health Reinstates Palliative Care Program

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. “Our expert palliative care providers create a layer of support to improve quality of life and help patients manage all facets of living with a serious illness,” Dr. Sherry Ng, medical director of palliative care at Stamford Health, said in a statement. Hospices provide most of the remaining 50%.

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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

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The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program. Capital Caring launched its Primary Care at Home service in 2019. The dollar amount was undisclosed.

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