Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Miller joined the organization in October 2021 as chief clinical officer, and a little more than a year later was promoted to COO. Rebecca “Becky” Miller has been appointed president and CEO of Hospice of the Chesapeake, a nonprofit provider. As COO, she led Chesapeake’s clinical terms with an emphasis on ensuring quality. “We

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now, the two organizations are working together to ensure early hospice and palliative referrals, reduce hospitalizations and readmissions and build an infrastructure for lasting change. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019. That’s the big news.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

Next up in its pipeline are Illinois, Delaware, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Oklahoma, according to Fofanova. This includes accountable care organizations, insurance companies, direct contracting organizations, and value-based care enablers, among others. The company most recently expanded to Virginia. Following the $3.5

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Initially proposed for 2022, the agency opted to delay implementation in response to feedback from hospices and industry organizations. Let’s leverage that technical assistance statute to really be there to support those organizations to better serve the community.”. They’re a regulator, not a consultant.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

She joins the organization with a background in social work and has been in the health care field for roughly 25 years. The organization also operates an inpatient hospice center, which launched in 2009 and features six patient suites in a home-like environment. a Rhode Island-based provider, marking its entry into the state.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This isolation can be compounded for LGBTQ+ seniors with terminal and serious illnesses, according to Dr. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The organization provides primary care, hospital-based services, case management, and surgical co-management, as well as hospice, home health, and palliative care through partnerships. Initially, the company will focus on moving into Rhode Island, upstate New York, Connecticut, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

The meetings were part of Hospice Action Week, hosted in Washington, DC by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its advocacy affiliate, the Hospice Action Network (HAN). “From Hawaii to Rhode Island, advocates from 35 diverse states came to DC this year.

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Solace

MARCH 14, 2023

After having been asked many times to finish projects like these, the idea for their organization Loose Ends crystallized while visiting their mutual friend Patti Gardner in Portland, Oregon. The two helped Gardner go through bags and boxes that belonged to her mother, organizing yarn and other items for donation.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Our guests Tim Farrell, Ramona Rhodes, and Nancy Lunderbjerg wrote an article in JAGS on this issue, and Sharon Brangman wrote a separate JAGS article on the need to achieve diversity in study populations. Their Asian arm came from Japan, primarily, a handful of Latino, maybe one or none Pacific Islanders or Native Americans.

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Nurse.com

MAY 23, 2022

The organization offers several professional development outlets, including an annual conference, online resources, webinars, and a career center. Organized in 1971 and incorporated in 1972, NBNA represents about 200,000 African American nurses. International Home Care Nurses Organization (IHCNO). Leadership. nursingworld.org.

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