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Compassus, VNS Health Team Up to Manage End-of-Life Care for Medicare Advantage Payers

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The two organizations’ similar approaches to end-of-life care delivery and quality improvement were a large part of the “genesis” that brought them together, according to Jordan Holland, vice president of value-based contracting at Compassus. This led to our collaboration with Compassus, where we found an immediate synergy.

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Hospices, Community Groups Team Up to Provide Care to the Homeless

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A group of Wisconsin-based organizations, including hospices, are working to improve end-of-life care among homeless populations. Dubbed Solace Home, the four-bed residential facility opened today and will provide end-of-life housing and caregiving for terminally ill individuals living in unstable or insecure situations.

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2 Innovative Drivers ‘Reimaging’ Hospice Care

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Virtual care delivery processes are playing a key role in hospices’ ability to support both patients and staff as end-of-life care expands further upstream. End-of-life care truly needs to be reimagined,” Hamilton Fried told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “We

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New Directors at Iowa River, Home Health of the Ozarks; C-Suite Shifts at Elara Caring, VIA Health

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Home Health of the Ozarks offers home-based services across the same 40-mile geographic region, including skilled nursing, personal care, respite, medical social services and rehabilitation therapies. Aside from hospice and palliative care, VIA Health Partners also has pediatric, dementia and veterans care programs.

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Addus to Acquire Tennessee Quality Care for $106 Million

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Addus expects the transaction to further its goal of co-locating its clinical services in markets where it already has a personal care footprint. We are pleased to expand our market presence in Tennessee with the addition of the Tennessee Quality Care operations. The deal is set to close in the third quarter of the year. “We

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Family Resource Home Care Expands with Companion Care Acquisition

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Washington-headquartered Family Resource Home Care recently acquired personal care provider Companion Care, Inc., Family Resource provides end-of-life, respite and personal care, along with services such as medication management, meal preparation, housekeeping, companionship and dementia support.

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Queen City Hospice Expands in Rural Ohio with New Office

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Queen City Hospice provides end-of-life care in six counties across the Cincinnati area in the southwest part of the state. Addus has a personal care presence in Ohio, and co-locating its clinical operations with those locations is a key component of its home health and hospice growth strategy, Allison said.

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