VITAS Grows Florida Footprint with 2 New Inpatient Hospice Centers

VITAS Healthcare, hospice subsidiary of Chemed Corp. (NYSE: CHEM), this week opened two inpatient facilities in Broward County, Florida. One unit is housed at the Broward Health Medical Center, the other at Sunrise Health and Rehabilitation, with VITAS expecting to care for upwards of 900 patients annually through the new centers. The inpatient unit at […]

Florida Paves Way for Hospice Expansion, Doubles 2021 Certificates of Need

Florida’s state government have green lit the expansion of hospice programs in seven counties. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) indicated earlier this year that it would approve four hospice certificates of need in 2021, but ultimately decided to issue twice as many. Hospice utilization runs high in Florida, reaching a rate of […]