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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

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This includes systems designed to speed and automate aspects of clinical documentation to allow clinicians to focus on patient care. The company’s current goal is to ensure clinical staff can spend 80% of their work time at the bedside and only 20% on administrative tasks.

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Frontpoint Health Acquires High Plains Senior Care Group

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In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC).

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California-Based Community Hospice Responds to Worker Lawsuit

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Established in 1979, the nonprofit organization provides hospice and palliative care in three counties near the San Francisco area of northern California. The hospice company is accused of violating the California Labor Code that stipulates employers must provide sick leave to workers. Community Hospice, Inc.

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1Care’s COO: Executives with Bedside Experience Give Hospices a Competitive Edge

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How did 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids get up and running as a nurse-led company? The owners of this company have been partial owners at various different hospice companies. Some companies sold off to others, and then they began a solo venture of their own. 1Care was their first venture.

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Amazon Reportedly Bids to Acquire Signify Health

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Amazon and UnitedHealth — which is in the process of acquiring the home health and hospice company LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) — reportedly have made the largest bids. None of the companies are commenting to the media about a potential sale or bids. Signify earned $246.2

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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. . Providing great patient care is the top priority.

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Hospice Operators Watching Closely as Large Payers Transform the Industry

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Hospice News spoke with three hospice leaders about the disruption they expect to see in the industry as payers expand their roles as providers, including the CEO of a California nonprofit, the top executive from the largest U.S. hospice company by market share and the leader of a growing for-profit provider based in the Midwest.

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