Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2025

A group of providers and state associations are plaintiffs in the suit, including Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice, Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care, Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina, South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association and Houston Hospice.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 10, 2025

In a bold, bipartisan move to address North Carolina’s growing healthcare challenges, lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that could transform how care is delivered across the state. Gordon, CEO of the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA). “Patients need North Carolina to maximize its APRNs.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Other nonprofits, such as North Carolina-headquartered VIA Health Partners, have gone the acquisition route. Formerly Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, VIA Health Partners currently serves 32 counties in North and South Carolina. The nonprofit was established in 1978 as Hospice at Charlotte.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

North Carolina-headquartered Novant Health has launched a new palliative care program to help improve quality of life for patients with heart failure. The health system is a network of hospitals, physician practices and medical centers that provide services across more than 800 locations in North Carolina and South Carolina.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Virginia and North Carolina are among the states with SFMP certificate of need programs in place. A major objective of SFMPs is to provide policies and projections of need that guide specific health care facilities and services, including hospice, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

South Carolina-based Agape Care Group has acquired several Crossroads Hospice locations in four states. Also that year, Agape completed deals to acquire GHC Hospice in South Carolina and Georgia Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Crossroads is retaining its locations in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

South Carolina-headquartered Agape is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. GHC serves patients in South Carolina and Georgia, which are key growth markets for Agape. The Foothills deal gave Agape its first foothold in North Carolina. Utilization in South Carolina topped 50.8%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

North Carolina-based hospice provider Four Seasons has launched a new mobile palliative care unit to reach patients in remote and rural areas. The mobile clinic will deliver care through six North Carolina counties. It also carries a simulation mannequin for enhanced staff training.

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AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Image credit: AHVAP.org (Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals) Baxter International’s North Cove Facility in North Carolina was severely damaged by Hurricane Helene on September 26, 2024. Hudson Garrett Jr.,

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

South Carolina-headquartered Agape is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. GHC operated locations in South Carolina and Georgia, which are key growth markets for Agape. Agape purchased Georgia-based Lanier Hospice in January and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in May.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This notion, in part, drove BoldAge PACE to unveil a new center in South Carolina. Williams will oversee the new location in North Charleston, South Carolina, which was chosen largely due to the area’s high incidences of stroke-related mortalities, he stated. PACE executive director at BoldAge.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Formerly Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, VIA Health Partners currently serves 32 counties in North and South Carolina. VIA offers community-based serious illness and end-of-life care, and also operates five inpatient hospice facilities in North Carolina and one in South Carolina.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The North Carolina-based company provides home health, hospice and palliative care services across its home state and in South Carolina and Virginia. The North Carolina-based nonprofit provides hospice and advanced illness care, grief support and caregiver resources.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 9, 2025

When Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, it left behind a path of destructionand a call to action that the state’s nursing community didn’t hesitate to answer. Today, NCFN’s focus returns to its core mission, which includes scholarships and educational programs for North Carolina nurses.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The formulation of these rules has a significant influence on how patients receive end-of-life care, according to Tim Rogers, president and CEO of the Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina and the South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association. Both North and South Carolina are CON states.

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Hospice News

MAY 27, 2022

South Carolina-headquartered Agape Care is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. Most recently, Agape Care Group entered North Carolina by acquiring Hospice of the Carolina Foothills for an undisclosed sum.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The North Carolina-based nonprofit made the recent leadership decision months after Whitley ascended into an interim CEO role in April. Established in 1981, 3HC is headquartered in Goldsboro, North Carolina and serves 24 counties in the state. 3HC Announces New CEO 3HC Home Health & Hospice Care Inc.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2023

North Carolina-based Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County (HPCIC) has partnered with a local technical school to develop educational videos for family caregivers. Established in 1984, HPCIC serves patients across 10 counties in North Carolina.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

Dare County Home Health & Hospice in North Carolina, for instance, sold its operations to Brightspring Health Services for $2.9 South Carolina-headquartered Agape Care is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. million last September.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

AMOREM Taps New Directors AMOREM recently announced the appointment of two new executives at the North Carolina-based organization. Edwards oversees all aspects of fundraising and philanthropic efforts at AMOREM, including an $8 million campaign to build a new inpatient center in Boone, North Carolina.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Formerly Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, VIA Health Partners currently serves 32 counties in North and South Carolina. The nonprofit offers community-based serious illness and end-of-life care, and also operates five inpatient hospice facilities in North Carolina and one in South Carolina.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

North Carolina is among the states that has launched legislation aimed at addressing some of the palliative access issues among inmates, including high staffing costs associated with palliative care delivery in prison settings. Inmates providing care viewed caregiving as a transformational experience.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2023

That number represents a 200% increase in year-over-year growth, partly driven by its recent expansion in Virginia and North Carolina, Broussard explained. Under this [value-based] model, our home health utilization management program drives appropriate levels of care without compromising clinical outcomes,” Broussard stated. “As

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Carolina Caring appoints new chief medical officer. Dr. Virginia Duany recently became the new chief medical officer of Carolina Caring. The hospice, palliative and primary care provider offers care to both children and adults in North Carolina. “We

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2022

North Carolina-based home health and hospice provider 3HC may reconsider the launch of a palliative care program due to the payment cuts, according to CEO Dean Lee. Our hospice has grown significantly, and we keep emphasizing it because we know there’s a lot of unmet need in the hospice side,” Lee told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Heart’n Soul recently sought to establish services in the Mecklenburg County region of North Carolina. Mecklenburg County has six licensed hospice providers, according to data shared with Hospice News by the Association for Home Care & Hospice of North Carolina (AHHC-NC). Seniors 65 and older represent 17.4%

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2024

The company currently serves more than 16,000 patients daily in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. CDR in 2022 purchased a 60% stake from the insurance mammoth Humana, Inc., NYSE: HUM) for $2.8 The sale to Addus expected to close following customary regulatory approvals. “A

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2023

” Key considerations for hospice pediatric inpatient facilities VIA Health Partners provides adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care in North Carolina and South Carolina. The nonprofit operates inpatient hospice facilities, with pediatric care provided at each location. “We

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2023

The rebranding will begin this fall at 38 locations in Arizona, California, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C. As Carelon Health, we will continue to ensure our patients receive the right care at the right time – in our care centers, virtually or at home – during the moments that matter most.”

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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. . — Torrie Fields, strategy advisor, Coalition to Transform Advanced Care However, differences exist in how these programs are defined and structured.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

North Carolina-based AMOREM provides hospice care across 12 counties in the northwest region of the state. It’s being available to the counties we serve in rural North Carolina, where so many decisions are made based on relationships and trust. It’s providing that education to small and large groups in the community.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Sarah Kivett, director of strategic partnerships at Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County in North Carolina, said her organization has grown from 80 palliative care patients since its origination in 1984 to about 480 today. Having a close connection within a community can make palliative care more accessible.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2022

In this day and age, we’ll see how long CONs last,” Freeman Smith, north region president for Traditions Health told Hospice News at the VALUE Conference in Chicago. New Hampshire, which scrapped CON in 2016, was the most recent. According to some, the prevalence of these laws may continue to dwindle. “In

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Founded in 1987, Well Care Health provides home health and hospice across 69 counties in North and South Carolina. Tying it [all] to patient acuity will help better understand what you can absorb from a new admission perspective.” The hospice and home health provider also offers skilled nursing services and rehabilitation therapies.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Duke University Medical Center, for example, has established partnerships with community organizations and health care providers to enhance palliative care services in North Carolina. As efforts to enhance palliative care awareness and accessibility continue, partnerships like this serve as important roadmaps.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

North Carolina-based AMOREM recently moved forward with a series of new board appointments. AMOREM originated last year in May with the merger of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care, both based in North Carolina. AMOREM appoints new board officers.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2022

The Dare County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina last year sold its local home health and hospice agency to BrightSpring Health Services for $2.9 The Idaho-based Minidoka Memorial Hospital’s home health and hospice program was shuttered in September of last year, also due to insufficient staffing. Louisville, Kentucky.-based

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