Florida-based hospice and palliative care provider Haven has tapped its chief medical officer, Shirley Codada, M.D, to lead the charge on expanding its community-based palliative care program. Haven has long provided inpatient and home-based palliative care. The new initiative will build the provider’s penetration in nursing homes, assisted living and other facilities. Haven cares for […]
Bristol Hospice has purchased two California providers from the same owner — A Plus Hospice and NorCal Hospice. Financial terms were undisclosed. The deal comes as companies try to complete their transactions before year’s end, due to the potential for capital gains tax hikes in 2022. Bristol is a large multi-regional player that has grown […]
The Fifth Circuit of the U. S. Court of Appeals has removed in 26 states the injunction preventing a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate from taking effect. The court ruled that the judge who imposed the stay did not have the authority to halt the mandates nationwide, but only in the 14 states that sued. U.S. […]
An Iowa hospice provider is closing its inpatient hospice house as of Dec. 31 due to the industry-wide staffing shortage. The organization will continue to provide care in patient homes, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. The name of the organization is simply, “Hospice,” which serves Davis and Wapello Counties in the southeast portion of […]
Traditions Health, LLC has purchased Harwood Heights, Ill.-based Heritage Hospice and Palliative Care. This has been the company’s third consecutive year of completing multiple hospice transactions, including the acquisition of Homestead Hospice in Georgia earlier this month. Financial terms were undisclosed. Private equity-backed Traditions Health is a portfolio company of the family-owned investment firm Dorilton […]
During 2021 hospice providers took their first concrete steps towards value-based payments while contending with a global pandemic. Industry consolidation proceeded apace, and the appetites of private equity buyers for hospice assets have not diminished. The health care system and the hospice community also continue to grapple with the challenge of addressing inequitable access and […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld New York state’s vaccine mandate for health care workers. A group of health care providers filing as We the Patriots USA challenged the rule because it allowed for medical exemptions, but not religious. Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented, the New York Times reported. The decision follows […]
Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ: AVAH) has completed its acquisition of Comfort Care Home Health for $345 million. Comfort Care provides hospice and home health care in Alabama and Tennessee. Aveanna was born in 2017 through the merger of Epic Health Services and Pediatric Health Services and since then has scaled its business by a factor of […]
Rhonda Sanders was named Chief Mission Access Officer of Empath Health this week, where she will be spearheading growth initiatives in terms of patient population, payor relationships and referral sources across each of the organization’s business lines. Hospice News sat down with Sanders to talk about the hospice and palliative care growth opportunities she expects […]
St. Croix Hospice continues to grow, now with a new location in Baxter, Minn. This is the company’s sixth de novo in 2021, following an additional seven that opened during 2020. St. Croix is backed by the private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, which acquired the hospice provider last year from the Vistria Group for an […]
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