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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

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The Denver Hospice Appoints New Medical Director. The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. Agrace Expands Medical Team. Hiranandani earned his medical degree from St.

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Valley Health System, Family of Caring Launch Palliative Care Partnership

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Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care. Valley Health currently offers palliative care in a number of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, subacute medical facilities and the home.

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Executive Moves at UnitedHealth Group, Treasure Coast Hospice

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Treasure Coast Hospice Appoints VP of Medical Services Florida-based Treasure Coast Hospice has tapped Dr. John Crouch as its new vice president of medical services. Crouch in 2016 became a home care and assisted living facilities physician at the organization.

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First Docs to Expand Nationally With Private Equity Backing

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In addition to its own physician offices and hospitals, the company provides care in clinics, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, and long-term care acute hospitals. First Docs partners with those providers to ensure continuity of care in collaboration with hospice medical directors. “I’m

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

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Mourning Dove Medical Mourning Dove Medical Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry What drew you to the hospice and palliative care field? I actually became interested in end-of-life care in medical school. They can do presentations at places like assisted living facilities and senior communities.

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Empath Health’s New Chief Medical Executives, HopeWest CEO Retires

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She previously served as medical director at Suncoast Hospice. Sarkari was most recently the executive vice president and chief medical officer of Tidwell Health, a member of Empath Health. Empath Health is the parent company of Tidewell Hospice and Suncoast Hospice, and offers a range of other senior care services.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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So you can go to skilled facility for short rehab- But if you are permanently living in a nursing home. But if you’re in assisted living, yes. If you are independent living, yes. And you cannot be in a nursing home. Not the skilled. The intermediary care. Long-term care. Malaz: Yeah. For the long term. But anyway.

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