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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

Hospice News

The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program. million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found.

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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

Hospice News

The pilot, which ran from September 2015 through February 2016, had 82 patients enrolled across four counties and palliative care organizations: Collabria Care in Napa, Interim Healthcare in Redding, ResolutionCare in Eureka and YoloCares in Davis. He returned to hospice care part time from 2010 to 2014 from his home base in Napa County.

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Guaranteed Taps SVP of Strategic Growth; Nurses Step Into C-Suite at Hospice of the Piedmont, Hudson Valley Hospice

Hospice News

Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff.

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C-Suite Shakeups at Aveanna, New Day, Samaritan, VNAHSR

Hospice News

Pagliaro joined the organization in 2012 as a hospice and palliative physician, ascending into roles such as associate director of palliative medicine and vice president of medical services. Pagliaro is also medical director of palliative medicine at Jefferson Health East and serves on its ethics and cancer committees.

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How Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley Built a Collaborative Care Model Without Medicare Certification

Hospice News

They have been brilliant in setting up an endowment back in 2016. We have nurses, a social worker and chaplains that donate their time. Our medical director is a volunteer and has been here for 22 years. We have a volunteer board, seven members, and a beautiful group of people. One of them is a retired CEO of St.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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2015, 2016. And then 2016 after CMMI finished the evaluation, it looked good, nothing happened. And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. Malaz: Yeah. That’s one big thing.

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