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The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospicecare, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].
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The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospicecare, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].
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The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospicecare, senior housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospicecare, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].
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The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospicecare, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].
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The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospicecare, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospicecare, senior housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health. I’ve always cared about value, access and quality.
Jennifer Kennedy ( 04:13 ): Well, you know, I always say this when I’m, when I’m out and about talking in hospicecare, you get really one chance to do it. But I always feel like hospice has been the caboose on the Medicare train. You can just go to homecare pulse.com/podcast while you’re there.
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