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Dana-Farber’s New Push to Integrate Palliative, Behavioral Services in Cancer Care

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More palliative care and hospice companies are developing programs to meet the specific concerns of these patients to improve access to care. Almost 40% of people 65 and older had at least one disability from 2008 to 2012, according to a 2014 U.S. Census Bureau report.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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CEO Raphael Akobundu recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss the couple’s experience of opening a startup hospice company in the competitive California market. As a nurse practitioner, what led you to begin a hospice program? I became a registered nurse in 2012 and received my nurse practitioner degree in 2017.

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The Fastest Growing US Hospice Companies

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HealthFlex provides home health, hospice, palliative care, social work, and personal care. The company — currently serving more than 10,000 patients across its business lines — has more than quadrupled in size since its founding in 2012. Our hospice has taken off over the last three years in a pretty steady trajectory.