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Home Oxygen Company Acquires Community Hospice & Health Services’ DME Division

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The new center will serve the Sacramento and San Francisco areas. “We are honored to service Community Hospice & Health Care patients,” Andrea Ewert, CEO of Home Oxygen Company said in a statement. Home Oxygen Company has also moved its warehouse to a larger 10,000-square-foot distribution center to accommodate its expanded business.

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Hospice Providers Expanding with Inpatient Units, De Novos

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An estimated 1-in-5 homeless persons die every five days in Sacramento County, California, where the facility will be located, according to the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness. Many of these individuals die from natural causes and serious illnesses without access to end-of-life care.

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Excel Hospice Owner Sentenced to 18 Years for Fraud, Kickbacks

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Some of those who received the kickbacks have also been charged in the case, including John Eby, a registered nurse who worked for a hospital in Sacramento; Anita Vijay, the director of social services at a skilled nursing and assisted living facility in Sacramento; Jai Vijay, Anita Vijay’s husband; and Mariela Panganiban, the director of social services (..)

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Interim Healthcare Opens 15 New Locations in 2022

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Most recently, it bought back Interim HealthCare of Sacramento Hospice in California for an undisclosed sum. Going forward, company’s growth focus will continue to hone on providing more care in the home setting, said Sheets. The company has completed three acquisitions thus far in 2022.

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YoloCares Breaks Down Barriers to Equitable Access Among Underserved Tribal, Rural Communities

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The hospice and palliative care provider launched a three-year community health needs assessment initiative aimed at better understanding the barriers of access and utilization among rural and Native American communities across its service region, which spans five counties in and around Sacramento, California.

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M&A, Referral Uptick to Bolster Pennant Amid Labor, Census Headwinds

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These results come on the heels of its home health and hospice joint venture with Scripps Health, the acquisition of Sacramento-based First Call Hospice, and additional expansion in the Riverside and Palm Springs communities. Pennant’s hospice census in California rose 35%, and home health admissions were up 11.2%.

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YoloCares to Double Geographic Footprint

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In Sacramento alone, there are more hospices operating than there are in the entire state of Florida. This expansion by an established nonprofit provider can help stem the tide of rampant fraud among newly certified hospices in California, according to Dresang. Quality end-of-life care in California is under siege.

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