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New Directors at Iowa River, Home Health of the Ozarks; C-Suite Shifts at Elara Caring, VIA Health

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“Promoting Cheryl into this position will be a smooth transition for our staff and patients,” Courtney Owens, TCMH chief nursing officer, said in a statement. Maley is a ‘homegrown’ director, working throughout her career at TCMH and up through the various patient care areas to the director position.”

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Closure of Pennsylvania Hospice House Ignites Community Protests

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The health system cited declining patient admissions as the main reason for ending services. This was largely driven by trends of more serious illness and end-of-life care moving into the home, according UPMC officials. “In during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

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Hospice of the Midwest’s services within the Marshalltown community include assistance with medical equipment and medication order and delivery, developing patient care plans, providing home assessment consultations and a veteran honors program. The facility marks the company’s first steps into inpatient care.

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Agape Care’s New M&A VP, New CEO Takes Helm at Community Hospice

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Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. Trustbridge Names New Hospice CMO.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Harms from the Workmen’s Compensation Program and AMDG Pain Guidelines The harms from the AMDG Pain Guidelines as applied to Washington’s Workers’ Compensation and Medicaid programs had become evident by 2009. This represented a conflict with both financial and non-financial implications for his co-authorship of the 2016 Guideline.

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