Hospice Momentum, CEO Pipeline Has Pennant Riding High

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! High-quality care, leadership development, margin improvement and overall business growth helped The Pennant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG) close out 2024 with a bang. The Eagle, Idaho-based company saw particularly strong […]

Rutgers, Samaritan Forge Critical Partnership in Palliative Care Education

In a significant step toward enhancing palliative care education and services in their markets, Rutgers University-Camden and Samaritan have officially inked a memorandum of understanding on a new partnership. The partnership is reflective of similar palliative care-awareness efforts happening across the U.S. The Rutgers-Samaritan collaboration, in particular, is focused on bolstering clinical rotations and hands-on […]

VITAS Healthcare Strengthens Executive Team with Key Promotions in Hospice Operations, HME Department

VITAS Healthcare, one of the largest providers of hospice and palliative care services in the U.S., has announced the promotion of several executives to key positions within its leadership team. Announced Tuesday, the promotions bump Kathleen Coronado, Anthony Cosma, Mario De La Rosa and Angela Hamrick up to vice president roles at VITAS. Broadly, the […]

Hospice of Northwest Ohio Buys ProMedica’s Ebeid Hospice Residence Operations

Hospice of Northwest Ohio is buying the operations of ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence. Terms of the transaction, expected to close on or before Oct. 31, were not disclosed. ProMedica’s Ebeid Hospice Residence is a 12-bed inpatient facility that opened in 2008, attached to ProMedica’s Flower Hospital campus. Ebeid offers short-term care for hospice patients with […]

Regent Surgical Health Names Contessa Co-Founder Travis Messina CEO

Led by co-founder and CEO Travis Messina, Contessa Health became an innovator in the palliative care arena, with the company’s success reflected in its multiple health system joint ventures. Messina – who left the Contessa CEO role this spring – is now looking to replicate that success elsewhere. The Franklin, Tennessee-based Regent Surgical Health announced […]

NAHC, NHPCO Inch Closer to Possible Combination

Two of the largest advocacy groups for the home health and hospice industries are one step closer to joining forces. In a joint announcement on Thursday, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) revealed that their respective boards have signed a non-binding letter of […]

Despite Headwinds, Aveanna Still Sees Big Upside to Its Home Health and Hospice Business

It wasn’t too long ago when Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We believe that we […]

After ‘Extensive’ Search, The Denver Hospice Names New President

The Denver Hospice – an affiliate of the Care Synergy network – has named a new president. The end-of-life care provider announced the hiring of Ernesto Lopez on July 11. The hospice veteran officially takes over as The Denver Hospice’s president on Aug. 21, according to the organization. “We know [Lopez] will make a significant […]

Minority Investor Pushing for Enhabit Sale

A minority investor in Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) is urging the hospice and home health provider to consider a “full and fair sale process.” The investor – New York-based hedge fund AREX Capital Management, which holds about 4.5% of the shares of Enhabit – brought up the sale idea in a letter sent to the […]

CMS Will No Longer Enforce COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements For Hospices, Other Medicare-Certified Providers

Although the agency is waiting to formalize the official paperwork, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer enforce the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for hospice staff and other health care workers. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11. The Biden administration earlier this month announced that it would […]