Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospice Deals Announced
The hospice market continues to expand, show these developments announced this month. In Ohio: United Church Homes and Ohio’s Hospice will launch a non-profit joint venture hospice serving residents of three United Church Home facilities in the Dayton area. Marion-based United Church and Dayton-based Ohio’s Hospice aim to expand the program to all the United Church facilities in the state in the future, the hospice network says in a release. “The alliance also creates a platform for Ohio’s Hospice at United Church Homes’ planned future expansion into inpatient and home- and community-based hospice services,” the release adds. United Church Homes runs 74 senior living communities in more than 14 states and two Native American nations. In New York: Good Shepherd Hospice in Farmingdale has opened a $5 million inpatient unit at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, according to a release. They are both members of Catholic Health Services. Good Shepherd Hospice Center has 12 rooms, plus common areas. In Pennsylvania: Lehigh Valley Health Network will reopen its “hospice house” in East Stroudsburg that it closed last year, when it moved inpatient hospice services to the hospital. “The community came together and told us we want you to reopen the house. We’re willing to support you,” a Lehigh Valley Hospital: Pocono official said during a press conference, reports TV station WFMZ. The health system hopes to reopen the facility, the only one in Monroe County, within 90 days. In Illinois: OSF HealthCare is expanding hospice services to Champaign-Urbana and Danville, the Peoria-based health system says in a release. OSF, owned by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, operates in Illinois and Michigan.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Hospice Deals Announced
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