Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
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. Evidence at the trial showed that the Merida Group marketed their hospice programs through a group of companies,” the U.S.
Hospice News
MAY 14, 2024
Priorities among the hospice and home nurses include wage increases, raising safety standards, ensuring affordable and accessible home health care delivery, equitable pay protection and addressing clinical staffing crises by increasing recruitment and retention of skilled caregivers.
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Hospice News
MAY 2, 2022
Katrina Agnew joined UnityPoint Health in December of 2021 as vice president of hospice. This drives her commitment to expand access to hospice care, particularly among underserved populations. People are often fearful of hospice, because of myths and misconceptions that surround it. They were able to get her pain under control.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Labor shortages reduced clinical capacity for Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) during the summer months, which slowed hospice admissions growth during the third quarter. As staffing got tighter on our clinical side, it started to impact hospice,” CEO Chris Gerard said in a Q3 earnings call. “It The company’s hospice segment brought in $198.7
Hospice News
JANUARY 18, 2023
“Incremental turnover reduction will be driven by macro factors (counter-cyclical nature of nurse staffing), modest rate growth (+3% raise given in late 2022), and initiatives (lifestyle- & productivity-focused operational tweaks) aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of working for AMED,” Tanquilut indicated in the note.
Hospice News
JULY 28, 2022
At Hospice News’ recent Palliative Care Conference in Chicago, Contessa COO Aaron Stein said that the company is “extremely bullish” on palliative care. . “I I think our palliative care segment is going to become much more significant at Contessa,” Stein told Hospice News. “We, The company’s hospice segment accounted for $198.4
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
New Jersey-based BAYADA provides home-based hospice, nursing, rehabilitative, therapeutic and assistive care services to adult and pediatric patients. The home health and hospice provider had an existing presence in Florida, with locations in six different cities statewide prior to the joint venture.
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