Hospice

DALLAS—Enhabit Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced it has received the Great Place To Work certification. This certification is given based on experiences of current employees working at Enhabit. This year, the company said 83% of its employees said it’s a great place to work, which is 26 points higher than the average U.S. company.

TYLER, Texas—Family Tree Private Care, a private care operator in the U.S., announced its merger with and into Choice Health at Home, a home health, hospice, personal care and rehabilitation services operator. The merger aims to establish Choice Health at Home as a nationwide operator that offers a full continuum of in-home care to patients.

As the country says goodbye to Jimmy Carter, many members of the hospice industry are reflecting on Carter’s contributions to the hospice industry and commending his efforts in raising hospice awareness.

Carter's national funeral service was scheduled to take place Thursday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. EST at the Washington National Cathedral, while his private funeral service was scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 9 at 3:45 p.m. EST at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia & WASHINGTON—The National Alliance for Care at Home (The Alliance) and Transcend Strategy Group, a marketing agency for homecare companies, published the results of their Rural American Hospice Insights report, a new study that explored perceptions of hospice care amon

CLEARWATER, Florida—Empath Health, a Florida-based hospice and health care organization, announced the launch of a paid parental leave policy, which the company said is a milestone that underscores its dedication to colleagues and the mission of full life care. Beginning on Wednesday, Jan.

BLUFFTON, South Carolina—Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, a nonprofit provider of end-of-life, palliative and grief care services, announced its rebranding as “MiraSol Health.” The company said its new name intends to reflect its growing range of services and its evolving care delivery approach, which aims to support patients facing serious illnesses, terminal diagnoses or grief, as well as provide support to caregivers.

DALLAS & BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in the lawsuit against Encompass Health, a national home health and hospice provider, and Enhabit Home Health and Hospice, an owner and operator of rehabilitation hospitals.

SARASOTA, Florida—The Tidewell Foundation board of trustees announced its new board officers for its 2025 fiscal year. The Florida-based nonprofit hospice provider, which is a member of Empath Health, was established in an effort to provide philanthropic support to Tidewell Hospice and Empath’s not-for-profit affiliate organizations.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—Steve Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home (The Alliance), announced Sherl Brand will join The Alliance as its first chief operating officer (COO) beginning in January 2025.

MCKINNEY, Texas—New Day Healthcare, a home-based services provider, announced the acquisition of hospice operations in Missouri and Texas from Intrepid USA, a full-service home health agency. The company said these hospice operations aim to further its existing service line offerings and operations.

NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a homecare management solutions company, and state Medicaid programs, have announced this year’s “Caregiving Champions” award winners, in celebration of National Homecare and Hospice Month.

PLANO, Texas—Heart to Heart Hospice, a hospice care service provider, will recognize National Hospice Week from Monday, Nov. 11 through Friday, Nov. 15, a week that was designated by the National Alliance for Care at Home as a time to focus on the value of end-of-life care and the caregivers who serve patients and their families.

TYLER, Texas—Choice Health at Home, a multi-state operator of home health, hospice, private duty and rehabilitation services, announced the acquisition of Accentra Home Health and Hospice, a home health and hospice organization, and expanded its credit facilities.

DALLAS—Enhabit Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced it has been recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as an Age-Friendly Health Systems participant.

BALTIMORE—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the first draft of its hospice outcomes and patient evaluation (HOPE) tool, a new assessment tool for hospices. The HOPE tool was developed to replace the hospice item set (HIS) as part of the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP). 

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—Agape Care Group (ACG), a provider of hospice and palliative care and portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners, has acquired select Crossroads Hospice locations in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia. Crossroads Hospice will continue to operate in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON—Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement Act (Hospice CARE Act) in an effort to modernize Medicare’s hospice benefit, which has remained largely unchanged since its inception in 1982. 

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia & WASHINGTON—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) unveiled its new name and logo as well as the initial website of the new national organization that will carry forward the work of serving homecare, home health, hospice and palliative care providers as they deliver patients care in their own homes and communities