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Hospital, Health System Activity Creating ‘Very Disruptive Point’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

Hospice News

The Nashville, Tennessee-based Contessa Health is a subsidiary of hospice giant Amedisys Inc. Its business model centers entirely around helping health systems and other partners shift higher-acuity care into the home. Interest in home hospice JVs on the rise. NASDAQ: AMED).

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Taking Care of Our Own

Red M.D.

(Initially published on Doximity Oct 7, 2020). I was in the midst of my hospice and palliative medicine fellowship, rotating at the local inpatient hospice facility where Dr. Bob had come to die. I also wonder if I did him a disservice by assuming that he could do so.

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Episode 26: How Do I Help The Caregiver?

Living With Hospice

A few years ago, the hospice I was volunteering for accepted a patient in the far north end of our county. It was an in home hospice care situation. Those who are struggling hopefully will accept the help from the community or the village in which they live.