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New Leadership at Interim HealthCare; Former Amedisys CEO to Lead TheKey

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“With the high patient demands facing health care right now, I’m confident in the expertise of our staff and entrepreneurial energy of our franchisees to continue leading the charge in home health care.” Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies.

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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

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Congressional legislators are casting doubts on regulatory oversight of Medicare Advantage plans over concerns about spending, claims denials, and end-of-life care. More than 28 million beneficiaries are enrolled in MA for 2022, representing about 45% of all Medicare recipients, according to research by Chartis Health.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

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To help move the needle on awareness, Guidry, a care team physician for one of the nation’s largest hospice providers, founded Mourning Dove Medical in 2021. The mobile practice is focused on caring for patients who have been discharged alive from hospice until they once again are deemed eligible.

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UnityPoint VP Agnew: Educate Patients, Clinicians to Expand Hospice

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Katrina Agnew joined UnityPoint Health in December of 2021 as vice president of hospice. Though professionally she has cared for terminally ill patients for more than 30 years, her personal experience after her mother’s diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer underscored the critical importance of her work.

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