Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) this week led a bipartisan coalition of more than 200 members of Congress urging the Biden administration to investigate alleged price gouging by nurse staffing agencies. Demand for contract nurses has risen sharply during the past two years due to the pandemic. The legislators penned a letter […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow will officially pass the CEO baton to colleague Chris Gerard on April 15. But the in-home care visionary who helped turn around a struggling company while simultaneously leading a major hospice expansion will remain plenty involved, as needed, he told Hospice News during an interview discussing […]
The workforce shortage plaguing the health care sector is continuing to interfere with hospices’ ability to grow. Most recently, North Carolina-based provider Amorem has temporarily consolidated its inpatient care services to a single facility, temporarily closing its two other units. Amorem was born through the merger of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice […]
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 […]
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