Hospice News January 7, 2025
Long-time hospice CEO Cheryl Hamilton Fried has taken the helm at Kirva Hospice, a new, standalone nonprofit established by the public service organizations Jewish Family Services and Beth Shalom.
Kirva serves the Richmond, Virginia, region with plans to expand into contiguous markets. Its patient census is now in the 30s. About 16% of their patients are of the Jewish faith.
Hamilton Fried comes to Kirva in a time of change for the hospice space at large, and now is charged with helping the organization prepare for an uncertain future. Hospice News spoke with Hamilton Fried about her plans to expand Kirva Hospice and where she expects the industry to go in the coming years.
So Kirva is a newer hospice...