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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director; Silverado Taps New Sales VP

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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director Agape Care Group, a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners has appointed Kari Bradford, a doctor of nursing practice, as its new palliative medical director. 2022, and her appointment will now become permanent. We are confident Ms.

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Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

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Scott Ginn held the role since November 2022 prior to Guidroz’s ascension. “In Brickner takes the helm of VITAS’ hospice locations in Kansas City, Kansas, as well as across Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, Texas. David Cluff, as medical director of two counties in its service region across central Arizona.

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M&A Buyers Scour Hospice Financials for Compliance Risks

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But there’s nothing routine about these reviews in today’s current hospice regulatory environment. Combing through a hospice’s referral streams and financial or claims data can help identify potential compliance issues. The question might be where are the referrals and revenue coming from?” said Kulik. “Is Is this ‘pay for play’?

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Agape Care’s New M&A VP, New CEO Takes Helm at Community Hospice

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It most recently acquired GHC Hospice in a move that expanded its reach in Georgia and South Carolina markets. This followed other 2022 acquisitions of Georgia-based Lanier Hospice in January and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in May. Trustbridge Names New Hospice CMO.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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When did you begin offering hospice services, and what is your scope of care thus far? We started in March 2022 and are very much still in the startup phase. Right now, we’re a community-based provider, and we also work with a hospital system to provide general inpatient hospice care. . We can close that gap.

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Quality Data Crucial for Hospices in Value-Based Reimbursement

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The nitty gritty details of data tracking and management matter when it comes to ensuring both a healthy bottom line and quality patient care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Hospice Care Index (HCI), the Hospice Item Set, and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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Summary Transcript Summary In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle.” Some viewed this piece as an affront to the amazing work hospice does for those approaching the end of their lives by cherry picking stories of a few bad actors to paint hospice is a bad light.

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