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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. The Valley Hospital and Valley Home Care are also part of the health system.

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Break Down Advance Care Planning Barriers

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“Those of us working to improve care for those impacted by serious illness have known that high copays for advance care planning were a barrier to equitable, patient-centered care,” C-TAC CEO Jon Broyles said in a statement.

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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

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In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. We struggled in the home care setting due to his morbidity and illness, and that is something I experienced on a very intimate level.

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Wages Rising for Hospice Workers; Aides See 9.09% Increase

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The national average hourly rate for hospice aides and CNAs rose 9.09% in 2022, compared to a 4.52% increase in 2021, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). .

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C-Suite Shakeups at Aveanna, New Day, Samaritan, VNAHSR

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Weber ascended to the role after serving as vice president of operations for hospice at Phoenix Home Care & Hospice, a New Day Healthcare company. The company’s roughly 7,000 employees provide care to an average daily census of more than 11,000 patients.

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

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Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. AAHPM’s chief medical officer, told Hospice News in an email. This tracks with available data.

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Contessa’s Lessons Learned on Risk-Based Palliative Care

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Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference. “We’re