Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. He also currently serves as president of the North South Foundation. “In He previously served as chief strategy officer at the hospice organization since April 2023.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Individuals who elect to receive hospice at the facility will receive care from local providers. We offer an alternative to dying alone on the street,” Deja said in a statement shared with Hospice News. Solace makes this so much less taxing for the individuals it serves,” Rose said in an email to Hospice News. “It

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

We’ve seen a real gap in the care that’s available between the care that the patient is getting from their primary care or specialist physicians and when they get to hospice. Right now, there is just not enough support for patients who are managing serious illnesses and have a lot of symptom burden.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Eileen O’Hern Luby will serve as vice chair. Dibble previously served as the board’s vice chair, as well as chairman of VNA’s Compensation Committee for more than 10 years. Dibble previously served as the board’s vice chair, as well as chairman of VNA’s Compensation Committee for more than 10 years.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

PACE programs offer a comprehensive approach to care for participants who meet certain eligibility criteria, mainly to seniors who have significant medical and non-medical needs to help them age in place and avoid the hospital or nursing homes. PACE programs are definitely open to capitated arrangements — per-participant, per-month.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We are excited to extend our inpatient hospice services to Sylvania and its surrounding communities,” Rick Russell, Hospice of Northwest Ohio’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “We We are looking forward to welcoming the facility’s existing employees to our organization.” In 2022, the company served over 2,300 patients.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

Fisher also serves as professor of pediatrics and of biomedical ethics education and research at the Albany Medical Center. With regards to racial disparity, we know it’s out there,” Fisher told Hospice News. That drives who goes to perinatal hospice and who receives a certain type of care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We have decided to come together. We’ve been neighbors and good friends for a long time, and we decided to leverage that and combine all of our strengths,” McCormick told Hospice News. “We We started talking with [Centrica] over a year ago. So it was natural that we develop the relationship.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Seniors who have experienced abuse are at a 300% higher risk of death compared to others, according to a report from the National Council on Aging. What we’re seeing is a quiet suffering when it comes to elder abuse and neglect and the people who serve them,” Fisher told Hospice News. Victims of financial abuse lose up to $36.5

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Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

The new program , developed by the Institute’s Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Department, serves oncology patients who have IDD, such as autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and fragile X syndrome. ” More than 1.3 billion people live with some form of disability. . ” More than 1.3

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

There’s just extra layers of what we all need to be aware of with this patient population. There’s just extra layers of what we all need to be aware of with this patient population. — How do we deal with patients who don’t respond to medication? If we were able to do that, then we could embrace this concept.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

My last company, Apixio, we sold in 2020. At that company, we used AI and natural language processing to read physician’s typewritten notes, to understand clinical quality and risk. About 80% of our patients are in California, but we also serve patients in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Mihaylo said. We’ve got some wonderful hospice partners who are committed to working with us to figure this all out … We’ve made a lot of progress right out of the gates.” TripleTree LLC served as the financial advisor for StateServ in the transaction.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

James Cotter, who has been with the Partnership HealthPlan of California since July 2014, clarified that the original pilot sought to determine if this type of program would be financially feasible for patients with two years of life expectancy or less. It’s such an essential program for those who need palliative care.”

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2023

We know [Lopez] will make a significant impact in building relationships within the Denver community as well as unlocking the potential for The Denver Hospice in its service to the community,” Tim Bowen, president and CEO of Care Synergy, said in a statement. The end-of-life care provider announced the hiring of Ernesto Lopez on July 11.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2024

Sierra is the palliative care arm of California-based Hospice of the Foothills, designed to care for nonterminal patients who have serious or chronic conditions. Miller serves as president and counselor at Mettle Health. Deeping their partnership seemed like a natural next step, according to Mettle Health COO Sonya Dolan. ‘We

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2024

We are excited about this opportunity with Optum – it’s a win for everyone, especially patients who need our services,” Amedisys CEO Richard Ashworth said in a video sent to employees, according to a transcript.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

She will also serve as a mentor to palliative care teams, the company indicated in an announcement. We are delighted to welcome Dawn to the Silverado family in such a critical role as we continue to expand and grow our presence across the country,” said Loren Shook, president and CEO of Silverado. We are confident Ms.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As someone who helped care for both of my parents as they battled Alzheimer’s at the end of their lives, I understand the emotional and physical toll it can take on individuals and families,” Capito said in a statement. “The By passing this bill, we can help caregivers focus more on their loved ones and less on how much it will cost them.”

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APRIL 8, 2024

The nonprofit health system serves Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. As a pediatrician, I started overseeing the care of the few pediatric patients that we had on our home hospice teams. We had a couple people from each discipline interested in doing this and formed a separate interdisciplinary group that met weekly.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ginn will continue in his role as acting chief operating officer, executive vice president and chief financial officer and principal financial officer and will no longer serve as the company’s principal accounting officer,” Ashwort stated in the filing. “In The news comes as Amedisys inches closer towards acquisition integration with Optum.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

We are excited to welcome the Covenant Care team members who decide to join our VITAS family as we collectively move forward with making a difference in all the communities we have the privilege of serving,” Westfall said in the press release. “I

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2024

We found we can actually reach a lot more people with these supportive services,” Dr. Sandhya Mudumbi, a palliative care physician who is leading the project. You get an hour outside [the city] and we see a lot of issues with internet connection, cellular signal, people don’t have smart devices,” she said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Having begun his practice 40 years ago in family medicine, he came to hospice in 1983 when he was asked to serve on the board of a local provider. We’re seeing changes in terms of payment structure, in terms of administrative structure and in terms of regulations, and that covers the entire field of medicine.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Before joining Guaranteed, Malone served as vice president of sales and partnerships at mental health provider Thriveworks since 2021. Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2023

I am looking forward to working with our team who always put patients and caregivers at the center of everything we do, and focus on making each interaction and moment with our patients matter,” Desai said in a LinkedIn post. Desai also served as president and CEO of Optum Pacific West between 2021 and 2022.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“As the dynamic health care environment continues to evolve, we want to make sure we keep our patients at the center of everything we do, and finding the right partner for this important, specialized work has been essential to ensuring continuity of care well into the future,” Don Kline, chief operating officer for BSMH, said in a statement. “We

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

The hospice promoted Eric Lewis to chief accounting officer, who joined St. Croix Hospice since 2018, previously serving as director of marketing and communications. Marjala previously served as vice president of human capital at UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). Marcantonio has served on the nonprofit’s board since 2021.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We are thrilled to count SCAN as a partner that is aligned with our goal of providing the best possible care to all older adults, including those who are vulnerable or who have traditionally been left of the care system.” It hasn’t really been done much in this space, so we can be the guinea pigs for everyone.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do you think we were right to do that? Certainly that’s been one of our strategies over the last few years, and it’s a strategy that has rewarded us as we built our organization. We’re well capitalized and in a good position, continuing to look for assets that make our company better. I believe you were.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When we dig into our country’s most vulnerable serious and terminally ill patients, previous abuse is pretty prevalent and often not talked about, and that suffering can linger with unresolved emotional issues. of adults receiving care in community-based settings, according to the WHO report. Trauma can be very nuanced.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Whitaker has been at the helm of the nonprofit since 2014, serving as COO prior to that. By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Worldwide, only about 14% of people who need this care currently receive it. Patients who aren’t quite ready for hospice still need care but there is no seamless transition between home health and hospice. While physicians see their patients in the clinic, we see them in the home and we are the other side of their patient’s care.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

We are the first to actually do it.” So we have kind of the best of both worlds,” Kenneth Daniel, president and CEO of United Church Homes, told Hospice News. These collaborations have already demonstrated “significant value,” CareSource indicated in a press release, particularly for beneficiaries who have complex health needs.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He previously served as the hospice organization’s corporate director of business development since 2020. We’re really looking to further saturate and [also] expand to other areas where we feel hospice is just underutilized.” We can embrace those reimbursement shifts. prior to that. And that’s a caution for us all to recognize.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

South Dakota-based health system Sandford Health is collaborating with the Good Samaritan Society to serve patients in their homes through a mobile clinic, which among other services offers additional support to patients in hospice. The clinic launched in 2020, initially serving 14 locations.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

The hospice provider has been approved to expand to ultimately serve 10 counties in the state to meet rising demand, according to YoloCares CEO Craig Dresang. We are also looking at the possibility of busing in residents from rural populations who may benefit from our state-of-the-art adult day program called Galileo Place in Davis.

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