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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

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“About a year ago, we did a kind of a deep dive into some of our challenges, and we realized that we needed to do a new staffing model, one that would attract dedicated, experienced hospice nurses,” Kalvaitis said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “So We were able to hire nurses.

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The Fastest Growing US Hospice Companies

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San Diego-headquartered Bridge Home Health & Hospice, with 527% growth, was the highest-ranked hospice provider on the magazine’s list at No. CEO Mike Suor founded the company in 2013 with just himself, a nurse, and a biller on the payroll, he told Hospice News.

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1Care’s COO: Executives with Bedside Experience Give Hospices a Competitive Edge

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Hospice executives with a nursing background can bring unique competitive advantages. This has been the case for Nevada-based 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids, particularly as they contended with the pandemic and widespread workforce shortages, according to COO Eddie Belluomini. 1Care was their first venture.

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How Hospices Can Rebrand Post-Merger, Acquisition

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Rebranding a hospice company following a merger or acquisition is a more complex process than it may seem at first blush. And although not all acquired companies rebrand, many do in order to create a unified identity or reflect a broader suite of services.

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What’s Fueling the Hospice JV Furnace

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Joint ventures allow providers to pool clinicians to work across a variety of settings, according to Freeman Smith, president of the north region of Traditions Health, a portfolio company of Dorilton Capital Advisors. Early this year the company formed a palliative care JV with New York’s Mount Sinai Health System. “We

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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Referral rejection rates among hospices reached a record high of 41% in 2022, according to data from CarePort, a WellSky company. Nurses also accounted for 16.97% of vacancies. Hospice aides and CNAs also represented a large percentage of job vacancies and saw high turnover rates, 19.05% and 29.84%, respectively.

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Silverstone Hospice’s Pathway to 700% Growth During a Pandemic

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Since the company launched in 2020, Founder and CEO Alfonso Montiel had days when he feared Texas-based Silverstone Hospice would not survive. Silverstone came on the scene after Montiel’s purchase and rebranding of Comfort Care Hospice in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. It was crazy.