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Inside AccentCare’s New, Centralized Approach to Bereavement Care  

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After five years of planning, the post-acute services provider AccentCare recently re-organized its bereavement care services, which are now coordinated from a national center. The company operates more than 250 locations in 31 states and the District of Columbia, caring for roughly 200,000 patients and families annually.

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VITAS, Gentiva, Home Health & Hospice Care Expand Inpatient Services; Banner Health Shutters Hospice Programs in Phoenix

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Patients at the hospital-based center receive care in a home-like clinical setting that includes overnight accommodations for friends and family. An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. PACE Center, we embark on a new chapter to revolutionize health care accessibility and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve,” Cook said in an announcement.

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

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In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020.

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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

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In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families. Hospices also lack quality measures associated with bereavement care. This is such a big issue.”

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ProMedica Scales Down Operations; New Inpatient Facilities Open at Beacon Hospice, Holy Name Medical Center, The Hansen House

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The hospice, palliative and personal care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR). Patients will have the option to receive end-of-life care from a hospice provider of their choice. The Heartland asset was valued at $710 million, Bloomberg reported.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

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“Like many other hospice and home health programs across the nation, as the national health care worker shortage continues and the cost of health care staff and other expenses skyrocket, we are finding it increasingly difficult to manage the rising costs of doing business.”. Personal care and social work referrals will also end. “But

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