Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2022

In addition to a spate of acquisitions, the Minnesota-based hospice provider has launched four de novos thus far in 2022. The company’s 1,300 employees care for more than 3,500 patients through close to 60 locations in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and South Dakota.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2023

These additions are among a spate of new locations for the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider. In 2022 through February of this year, the company launched six other de novos, located in Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Kansas. All told St.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 30, 2023

Branchaud has been an RN for four and a half decades and began overseeing school clinics across all Red Lake Nation schools in Minnesota in 2021. 2022 to June, Branchaud was a member of the Minnesota Department of Health’s Childhood Immunization Workgroup. Charmaine Branchaud sees the stories of Red Lake Nation students in the data.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Minnesota-based provider has hired a number of board-certified wound and ostomy clinicians to operate the new program, its eighth specialty care service. Croix Hospice has launched a new specialty program focused on wound care. Croix Hospice is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. . “Our new Wildwood branch will bolster our support for the surrounding rural communities in eastern Missouri by providing them with the increased accessibility and convenience of our expert care team.” ” St.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

Established roughly 40 years ago, Hospice of the Red River Valley is a community-based nonprofit that serves more than 400 patients daily across 44,000 square miles in 40 counties of North Dakota and Minnesota. Minnesota ranked 11th that year at 53.5%. This fell below the national average of 50.3%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Paul, Minnesota, for more than 80 years. Therese Hospitals and Health Care, which provides senior living care across the Twin City metropolitan area in Minnesota. The nonprofit has provided home health and hospice services in St. Prior to that, he served as vice president of operations at St.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 29, 2022

So, earlier this month she went back home to Elk River, Minnesota to share a message with graduating seniors at tiny Ivan Sand High School, the alternative learning center she graduated […]. Nurse of the Week Elizabeth Anh-Trinh Stulac, RN/BSN is an established nurse leader working toward a Ph.D., but she remembers where she came from.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 4, 2024

The facility features four patient rooms and is located in Worthington, Minnesota. Established in 2001, Sunset Hospice Cottage is a nonprofit provider with one inpatient location in Minnesota. The hospice is operated in partnership with Sanford Health. Nursing staff at Sanford Health’s hospital system also provide care at the facility.

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Hospice News

JULY 7, 2022

In addition to a spate of acquisitions, the Minnesota-based hospice provider has launched four de novos thus far in 2022. The company cares for more than 3,000 patients through close to 60 locations in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin and South Dakota.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The company also launched five de novos in 2022, in Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Kansas. Other recent deals include the acquisition of Michigan-based Corpore Sano Hospice as well as Illinois-based Lexington Hospice Care last summer. Financial terms for these transactions were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

The Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. Croix Hospice often looks for markets in which hospice utilization is comparatively low, including historically underserved rural communities, St. Croix Hospice Founder and CEO Heath Bartness previously told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

The Minnesota-based insurance colossus has deployed billions in capital to fortify Optum’s capabilities through a number of high-profile acquisitions, including LHC Group and the health care tech firm Change Healthcare. M&A Healthcare Advisors represented Summit in the deal.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Croix Hospice recently unveiled data showing how the company leveraged predictive analytics technology to improve quality outcomes.

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Nurse.com

MAY 16, 2023

Liz Boldon, RN Encouraging nurses to become safety advocates Liz Boldon, MSN, RN, has worked as a nurse at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, since 2002. In 2020, she was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives and, in 2023, she was elected to the Minnesota Senate and serves as Assistant Majority Leader.

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2024

Established in 1981, the nonprofit offers hospice care and grief support services to more than 27,000 patients and their families across a 55,000 square-mile geographic region in North Dakota and in western Minnesota.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Avera@Home is part of the Avera Health system, which serves South Dakota and surrounding areas of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota through six regional locations. Following the deal’s close, Hoing will transition to CEO of the joint venture.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In addition to a spate of acquisitions, the Minnesota-based hospice provider has launched three de novos thus far in 2022. Croix, which is backed by the private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has been on an expansion blitz for at least the past three years, with a focus on Midwestern markets.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled the Making Care Primary (MC) model, which will launch in July 2024 in eight states — Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Interim HealthCare franchise serves Green Bay, Wausau, Eau Claire and Hudson, Wisconsin, along with Rochester, Minnesota. Interim HealthCare Inc. is part of the Great Lakes Health Partners system.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

Since then, Sanford and Good Samaritan has expanded the program to 40 locations throughout South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. . These clinicians partner closely with the nurses in the long term care and assisted living facilities. The clinic launched in 2020, initially serving 14 locations.

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Diversity Nursing

JUNE 19, 2024

Minnesota $45.59 Becker's Hospital Review calculated these figures using May 2023 salary data from BLS and 2024 cost of living index data from the World Population Review. State RN hourly mean wage Cost of living index RN hourly mean wage, adjusted by cost of living California $66.20 Georgia $43.27 Oregon $54.54 New Mexico $44.30 Nevada $46.97

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

Five states — Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington and Virginia — define palliative care eligibility within their Medicaid hospice programs. This is a great opportunity to start to work together to address the needs and the gaps in care for people with serious illness on Medicaid.

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Diversity Nursing

JUNE 20, 2024

Minnesota $64.91 State NP hourly mean wage Cost of living index NP hourly mean wage, adjusted by cost of living Nevada $71.48 New Mexico $65.76 Oklahoma $59.77 Texas $62.51 Illinois $61.01 Mississippi $56.49 Kansas $57.34 Wisconsin $61.70 Nebraska $58.50 North Dakota $61.42 Indiana $59.29 Georgia $58.25 Wyoming $59.40 Missouri $56.10

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Hospice Red River Valley

MARCH 1, 2022

Karen is based out of the Fergus Falls community and serves a multi-county region in western Minnesota. Karen received her bachelor’s degree in social work at Minnesota State University in Moorhead, Minn. Hospice of the Red River Valley has provided care to Fergus Falls residents and the surrounding communities for more than a decade.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Minnesota-based insurance colossus has deployed billions in capital to fortify Optum’s capabilities through a number of high-profile acquisitions, which also includes the health care tech firm Change Healthcare. Thus, they are further developing and scaling their medical, behavioral, home health and palliative care capabilities.

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Diversity Nursing

APRIL 23, 2024

Alabama Annual median wage: $65,900 Alaska Annual median wage: $106,410 Arizona Annual median wage: $88,310 Arkansas Annual median wage: $72,920 California Annual median wage: $133,990 Colorado Annual median wage: $86,900 Connecticut Annual median wage: $100,620 Delaware Annual median wage: $93,200 District of Columbia Annual median wage: $105,220 (..)

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Hospice Red River Valley

MAY 22, 2024

Hospice of the Red River Valley, renowned for its compassionate care spanning over 50,000 square miles across North Dakota and Minnesota, expresses its profound commitment to supporting individuals wherever they call home.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Joel Thiesen , CEO of Lifesprk (a Minnesota agency that covers senior care in any setting), and Robert Holly from Home Health Care News for joining us in this timely discussion. Case study: Minnesota agency implements hospital-at-home.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2023

Minnesota-based St. “Ultimately, the goal of machine learning is to bring together components and be able to create a list for your interventions. Every time we fail on determining a prognosis on the back end, the patient is seven times more expensive than the patient you made the right decision on.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The agency this year also unveiled the Making Care Primary (MC) model, which will launch in July 2024 in eight states — Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington. Addressing those types of needs has become a priority at CMS, with primary care as a principal lever.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The Minnesota-based insurance colossus has deployed billions in capital to fortify Optum’s capabilities through a number of high-profile acquisitions, including the health care tech firm Change Healthcare and the home health and hospice provider LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG).

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Daily Nurse

JULY 8, 2024

The PHIT Workforce Development Programs at the University of Minnesota , the University of the District of Columbia , and Jackson State University are also integrated into their nursing departments.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 27, 2023

Diane Keinanen , a registered nurse of 32 years in Duluth, Minnesota, is a transgender woman who started her transition journey four years ago.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Contributing researchers hailed from Harvard University, Australian National University, University of Minnesota, University of California, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, among others.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2024

If more patients were to document their end-of-life wishes, it could effectively transform aspects of the nation’s health care system, generating cost savings and better outcomes, according to Minnesota-based physician Dr. Michael Madison. Madison is a neurovascular surgeon whose practice has focused on treating stroke and brain aneurysm.

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Hospice Red River Valley

MAY 9, 2023

Join us Saturday, June 3 at Pinehurst Resort in Naytahwaush, Minnesota for RibBest; a rib competition and potluck! Judging at 4 p.m. and potluck meal at 5 p.m.: Bring a dish to share! All proceeds benefit Hospice of the Red River Valley.

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