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Key to the Continuum: Hospice Providers Eye Primary Care Businesses

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million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. million primary care visits in 2016. A watchword for many value-based payment models is care coordination. This could include partnerships with hospice and palliative care clinicians.

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Partners In Care, Summit Health Join Forces on Palliative Care

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“The palliative care team at Partners In Care expanded to include a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse and chaplain, which rounded out the multidisciplinary team approach they could offer patients.” Hagfors previously served as CEO of the Bend Memorial Clinic – now known as Summit Health – from 2011 to 2016.

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Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

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Unity Hospices and Palliative Care Appoints New Strategic Director Unity Hospice and Palliative Care has named a new director of strategy with the recent hiring of Scott Hensley. Hensley was previously the national vice president of managed care at Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC), serving in the role since 2017.

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St. Croix’s Strategic Executive Moves; NHPCO’s Ben Marcantonio Named Goodwin Living’s Board VP

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Most recently the hospice opened a de novo in Wisconsin, its 14th location in that state. “We Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement. Cottrell joined the hospice in 2016.