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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

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In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. All of it has shaped who I am today, and these experiences help me better empathize with people as patients in the community care setting.

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Palliative Care an ‘Important Piece’ of Quality in Oncology Programs

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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, for instance, has a team of palliative care providers “embedded” into its oncology clinic and ALS Center, according to David Wu, the program’s director. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.

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

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This followed other 2022 acquisitions of Georgia-based Lanier Hospice in January and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in May. Mag brings a level of thought leadership and innovation that will further enhance our reputation of excellence in patient care.”. Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Appoints Medical Director.

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

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I thought the customer service needed to be better at being very communicative with a patient’s care team and their family, and that lack gave the idea to start a hospice. 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.

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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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