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How April Anthony, Investors Built New Home Health and Hospice Company VitalCaring

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For now, expanding its “bread and butter” home health and hospice business takes priority, according to Anthony, but VitalCaring will likely consider additional service lines as the years progress — including palliative care. We’ll definitely see expansion. Palliative care is a great example.

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VitalCaring Primed for Hospice Expansion in 2024

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The Texas-based home health and hospice company VitalCaring Group was built largely through acquisitions, and the company expects to step up that strategy in 2024 with an emphasis on hospice. What are some of your priorities for your hospice business in particular when it comes to growth during 2024?

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO, Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management

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When I was getting into health care out of public accounting, I knew specifically that hospice was a field that I was interested in. I definitely would not be where I’m at today without my family. As a controller, I have my hands in nearly everything to impact the hospice company as a whole, not as just a specific department or area.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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Nurse practitioner Raphael and registered nurse Britt Akobundu, a married couple, launched San Diego-based Blue Monarch Hospice this past March, with the intent of improving the quality of life for not only patients and families, but also health care workers. . That’s definitely not ideal for anyone.

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Hospice Operators Watching Closely as Large Payers Transform the Industry

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The company has signed a definitive agreement to sell a 60% stake in Kindred at Home’s (KAH) hospice and personal care business to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR) for $2.8 hospice company by market share and the leader of a growing for-profit provider based in the Midwest.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

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Developing an inpatient hospice center has been part of Oasis’ “vision” since the beginning, according to Oasis CEO Sade Bello and Hakeem Bello, director of business development. The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area.

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

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billion acquisition of the home health and hospice company LHC Group. The third issue was a sentence indicating that hospice patients “typically only receive pain medication.” While pain management and symptom control are core to hospice care, patients are offered so much more,” NHPCO said in the statement. “By