WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media, LLC company, is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Prism Awards. This program honors individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exemplary achievements in the areas of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB), Environmental Sustainability & Social Stewardship. The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) Champion Award honors individuals […]
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Last night, a farmer died in Georgia, leaving a legacy as long as a comet’s tail. James Earl Carter Jr., 100-years-old, passed away Sunday evening in his home where he had been receiving hospice care. Carter, a Democrat, served as the 39th president of the United States between 1977 and 1981. Previously, he was governor […]
As M&A in the for-profit space continues its two-year slump, nonprofits are consolidating in rising numbers. Recent years have seen an uptick in consolidation activity among nonprofits in the hospice space. Increasingly, nonprofits are pursuing acquisitions and affiliations, as well as forming regional collaboratives. In addition, some nonprofits have also been acquired by for-profit companies. […]
Two Maryland-based hospices, Hospice of Washington County and Gilchrist, have agreed to affiliate. The organizations, both nonprofits, indicated that the affiliation would enable their combined company to expand geographically and further extend their scope of services, while contributing to their financial strength, according to a press release. Together, they serve much of central and southern […]
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Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider Gilchrist recently formed a joint venture with the hospital system Luminis Health to expand the full scope of senior and geriatric care in the state’s southern region. Through the JV, the two organizations formed the Luminis Health Gilchrist Lifecare Institute as a way to provide an “integrative continuum of […]