Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
A federal judge has sentenced Jesus Virlar-Cadena, formerly a medical director for the Texas-based hospice company Merida Group, to 50 months in prison for his role in a $152 million scheme. The Texas Medical Board suspended his medical license in 2019, when he pleaded guilty to the fraud charges.
Hospice News
MAY 12, 2023
Established in 1979, the nonprofit organization provides hospice and palliative care in three counties near the San Francisco area of northern California. The hospice company is accused of violating the California Labor Code that stipulates employers must provide sick leave to workers.
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Hospice News
JUNE 8, 2022
Competition with travel nursing firms has been among the drivers of wage increases for hospice companies. Acquisitions remain an important part of the company’s growth strategy as it seeks to co-locate each of its three business lines in the markets it serves. in February.
Hospice News
APRIL 5, 2023
How did 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids get up and running as a nurse-led company? The owners of this company have been partial owners at various different hospice companies. Some companies sold off to others, and then they began a solo venture of their own. 1Care was their first venture.
Hospice News
JANUARY 31, 2024
The Texas-based home health and hospice company VitalCaring Group was built largely through acquisitions, and the company expects to step up that strategy in 2024 with an emphasis on hospice. When they start to exit, the basis that those private equity sponsors have those businesses is at 16x to 18x.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
“If you think about how they’ve taken on strains in their capacity, these post-acute services – home health and hospice – they can get patients out of very expensive settings,” Klementz told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 Conference. Among the 1.6
Hospice News
MARCH 17, 2023
The company has established a Net Zero Climate Transition Plan with an aim to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from operations by 2050. Last year, the home health and hospice company released its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report that included data on its 2021 energy consumption as a benchmark.
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