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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

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Non-Hispanic Black, Latino, American Indian and Asian or Pacific Islander patients with metastatic breast cancer were less likely to receive this care than white patients from 2004 to 2020, the study found. The Scientific Reports study examined patient data in the U.S. the researchers indicated.

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George Mark Children’s House Launches Pediatric Palliative Nurse Training Program

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Established in 2004, the nonprofit provider has since cared for more than 1,000 patients and families coping with complex and chronic medical conditions. The Hearst Foundation partly financed the program with a $150,000 grant. California-based GMCH operates a pediatric palliative care center in the San Leandro area near San Francisco.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

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providers In 2004, FHSSA came under the auspices of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and it successfully facilitated partnerships across many states and countries in sub-Saharan Africa for 10 years. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC.

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StateServe’s Delta Care Rx Acquisition Fueled by Hospice Cost Saving Potential

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Founded in 2004, the company’s tech-enabled platform includes features that help monitor durable medical equipment costs, utilization and access. Financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed. Arizona-based StateServe provides post-acute DME services across the United States.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Founded in 2004, Ohio’s Community Mercy Hospice is a service of Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton. To be able to support even more people going through one of life’s most difficult times will be so meaningful for our team, and we hope, the community too.” has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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Kain Capital Forms New Hospice Holdings Company, Makes First Acquisition

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Established in 2004, HCA operates a group of affiliated hospice and palliative care providers in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Kain Capital established PERA Holdings as a way to gain a foothold in the hospice market. HCA marks the company’s first purchase, acquiring a majority stake in the company through the transaction.

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Family Resource Home Care Expands with Companion Care Acquisition

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Established in 2004, the Washington-based personal care organization was founded by owner Merri Klein. She launched Companion Care inspired by her mother’s company in Northwest Indiana, which holds the same namesake and began providing similar services in 1984. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).