CEO Jonathon Fluhart cut his teeth in the hospice and serious illness space working on the operations side of companies like Intrepid USA and Heritage Home Health & Hospice. He launched the palliative care startup PalliCare earlier this year with nurse practitioner and chief operations officer Tiffany Hughes. The founders shared the goal of improving […]
Texas-headquartered Traditions Health, LLC has acquired Family Comfort Hospice in Scottsdale, Ariz. This will be the company’s fifth location in that state. Financial terms were undisclosed. Private equity-backed Traditions Health is a portfolio company of the family-owned investment firm Dorilton Capital Advisors. Headquartered in College Station, Texas, Traditions provides hospice, home health care and consulting […]
St. Croix Hospice, a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has increased its minimum pay for all full-time positions at the agency to $20-per-hour effective Oct. 10. The increase applies to both clinical and back-office staff. St. Croix currently services about 2,700 patients from more than 50 locations in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, […]
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) will acquire the home-based care technology platform Current Health for an undisclosed amount. The electronics retailer has joined the ranks of massive, non-traditional health care companies seeking to capitalize on demographic tailwinds and the shift of services towards the home. Established in 2015, Current Health brings to market a tech solution […]
The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is partnering with tech company Empathy. The collaboration will allow members of the nation’s largest hospice industry trade group to offer a co-branded version of the Empathy app to their patients and families. The Empathy application is designed to help families navigate the logistical aspects of bereavement, […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released details about two new quality measures for hospice providers: Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life and the Hospice Care Index. CMS included the information in its Hospice Quality Reporting Program Quality Measure Specifications User’s Manual, which became effective this month. CMS will […]
Kacy Kang, former chief operations officer for Meridian Senior Living, has been tapped as the new president of hospice at Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED). While Amedisys has not yet announced Kang’s new role, updates to his LinkedIn page reflect his new title. Kang left Meridian amid a shake up of the company’s leadership team in which […]
As health care providers face staffing shortages in nearly all disciplines, home-based care providers are leveraging their mission of service to help employees remain engaged and fulfilled in their work. In addition to the dearth of clinicians who have hospice or palliative care training, those providers find themselves in tight competition with other care settings […]
Globally, about 1 in 10 of individuals in need of palliative care actually receive it even as demand rises, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The organization expects the need for palliative care to double by 2060. WHO released the data in advance of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, observed on Oct. 9. WHO […]
Transitions has acquired Pilgrimage Hospice in Pittsburgh for an undisclosed amount. The deal marks the company’s first entry into the Pennsylvania market as it executes plans for multi-state expansion. Transitions Hospice, a portfolio company of the Transitions Group, expects to enter three additional new states by the first quarter of 2022. Pilgrimage serves patients in […]
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