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Former VITAS Manager Becomes VP of Operations; Hawaii E.D. Doc Turns Hospice Medical Director

Hospice News

The home health and hospice provider employs roughly 9,509 staff nationwide and reached an average daily census of 17,360 patients in the second quarter of this year. Kauai Hospice Recruits Retired Emergency Doc as Medical Director. Hospice utilization in Hawaii reached 45.4% NHPCO Appoints New Finance VP.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Today’s podcast is part one of a two-part podcast where we spend a day at CMF, a medium security prison located about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento, and the hospice unit housed inside its walls. And she is now Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative Care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services.

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High Peaks Hospice celebrates 35 years by looking back at their beginning

High Peaks Hospice

Dr. Merkel engaged with his partner Dr. Robert Kasulke to spear head the medical care. Dr. Kasulke became the first High Peaks Hospice Medical Director, and today he continues to serve as Medical Director for the Hospice in Jefferson County. Ann and David gathered a team. Lawrence Counties.

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2024 AAHPM Visionary Elizabeth Hart, MD

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

Elizabeth Hart, MD Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Visionaries to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. What is the significance to you of being recognized as a “Visionary” in Hospice and Palliative Medicine?

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