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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

Hospice News

hospice providers have the same problem — a workforce shortage — many seek to address it using unique solutions. Worsening workforce shortages have been keeping hospice leaders awake at night for several years running. Hospices, in turn, have taken new steps to gain or keep their staff, particularly clinicians. Though most U.S.

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California-Based Community Hospice Responds to Worker Lawsuit

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California-based Community Hospice, Inc. Current and former employees of the nonprofit hospice organization filed a $5 million lawsuit in April for unpaid wages during the pandemic. Established in 1979, the nonprofit organization provides hospice and palliative care in three counties near the San Francisco area of northern California.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO, Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management

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Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO at Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management, LLC, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Frontpoint Health Acquires High Plains Senior Care Group

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In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC).

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

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Nurse practitioner Raphael and registered nurse Britt Akobundu, a married couple, launched San Diego-based Blue Monarch Hospice this past March, with the intent of improving the quality of life for not only patients and families, but also health care workers. . As a nurse practitioner, what led you to begin a hospice program?

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

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More hospitals and health systems are stepping into the home-based hospice space, often seeing joint ventures as a promising route to a return on their investment. You’re seeing different types of transactions taking place in hospice and home health,” Mark Kulik, managing director at M&A advisory firm The Braff Group, told Hospice News.

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Amazon Reportedly Bids to Acquire Signify Health

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Amazon and UnitedHealth — which is in the process of acquiring the home health and hospice company LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) — reportedly have made the largest bids. None of the companies are commenting to the media about a potential sale or bids. Signify earned $246.2 Signify earned $246.2