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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

Hospice News

Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. He returned to hospice care part time from 2010 to 2014 from his home base in Napa County.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

Hospice News

“I am excited to join the executive team at Hospice of the Chesapeake and support future growth of the organization as well as continue to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality supportive and hospice care to the community,” Fetzer said. Howe has more than 14 years of experience in hospice.

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Ep.13: How Becoming an Accredited Organization will Help you Build More Partnerships and Increase Referrals

Home Care Pulse

They required nurses to perform assessments before initiating care and regularly every 60 days. And that’s even though we were strictly a personal care provider and not providing any skilled nursing services. So we don’t come there, you know, looking for, you know, for medical type of, of care being provided.