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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

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Palliative care has become a more sought-after treatment plan in recent years, and one agency in California has led the charge in advancing palliative care support among its population. Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989.

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

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.

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Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

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Brickner takes the helm of VITAS’ hospice locations in Kansas City, Kansas, as well as across Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, Texas. He joined the hospice provider in 2015 as director of market development before moving up the ranks to general manager in 2018 and senior general manager in 2022.

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Rural Providers Weigh Telehealth Investment Against Regulatory Uncertainty

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Case in point, the Providence Institute for Human Caring last year launched a tele-palliative care program aimed at addressing rural patients’ unmet needs. Fratkin founded palliative care provider ResolutionCare in 2015. They are a bigger barrier to palliative and hospice care than dairy cows.”.

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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

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Established more than 45 years ago, By the Bay Health is among the oldest nonprofit hospices in California. The organization affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) health system in 2015. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp.

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

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Years ago, I thought the customer service side of things in the hospice industry could use some improvement. That, coupled with the increasing age of the [nation’s] population, led me and my wife to start Blue Monarch Hospice. . I often saw slow response times as patients waited sometimes days for nurses to provide care.

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Palliative Care Conference: A Discussion with nVoq

Hospice News

We were very successful at providing it at a break-even point in a skilled nursing or a senior living setting or even a hospital setting, but we struggled in the home setting, and a lot of that actually had to do with: how do we educate our clinicians and treat them more like we do in hospice? I think we’re coming a long way.