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Humana Completes $2.8 Billion Kindred Hospice Divestiture

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We are pleased to complete this transaction with Humana and CD&R,” said David Causby, CEO of the home health and hospice business. Post-closing, Humana plans to apply the bulk of these funds to debt repayment and share repurchases, executives indicated in a first-quarter 2022 earnings call. “We

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

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McLeod was most recently a health care consultant at CD&M Consulting. The people, the basic principles and the strong foundation that had been laid down are impressive.” AMOREM has locations across 12 counties in northwest North Carolina, which include four inpatient care units.

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[UPDATED] Humana to Sell 60% of Kindred at Home Hospice to CDR for $2.8B

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With CD&R’s established physician relationships, value-based care expertise, and record of providing strategic capital to a wide range of businesses, we are certain that these divisions are well-positioned for success under the joint ownership of Humana and CD&R,” Humana CFO Susan Diamond said in a statement.

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CDR Asks State to Approve Sale of Two Oregon Kindred at Home Locations

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This proposed transaction will allow partnership with the CD&R entities to maintain patient care at the Kindred Hospices while optimizing the efficiency of shared operations,” Falcon Holdings indicated in the request. The transaction is not expected to have any impact on the price of or access to health care services within Oregon.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

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Kollas CD, Schechtman B, Judy C. Kollas CD, Lewis TA, Schechtman B, Judy C. Judy serves as a volunteer researchist for The Doctor Patient Forum. For more Pallimed posts about opioids. For more Pallimed posts by Dr. Kollas click here. References 1. September 12, 2022. Mandated PROP’s Disproportionate Influence on U.S.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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Kollas CD, Lewis TA, Schechtman B, Judy C. Nicholson KM, Hoffman DE, Kollas CD. Lenzer J, Hoffman JR, Furberg CD, Ioannidis JP; Guideline Panel Review Working Group. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain--United States, 2016. 2016 Apr 19;315(15):1624-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.1464. 2019 Mar 1;20(3):429-433.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Darnall BD, et al (including Kollas CD). Health Professionals for Patients in Pain (HP3), led by Alford DP (and including Kollas CD). Nicholson KM, Hoffman DE, Kollas CD. See [link] 53. See, for example, [link] 54. Comments on the AHRQ Draft Report on Integrated Pain Management Programs. Submitted to AHRQ on June 7, 2020.

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