Hospice News September 9, 2024
Colorado-based Emmaus Catholic Hospice has seen both staffing and census volumes swell since launching nearly a year ago. This growth has come with recruitment and reimbursement challenges alongside significant opportunities to expand patient reach.
The organization began as a home health agency and added a hospice segment in 2022, according to Vicki Owens, CEO of Emmaus Catholic Hospice, DBA under the nonprofit Dominican Home Health Agency. The home health organization has provided care in Denver, Colorado, since 1923.
Becoming Medicare-certified in April 2023, the hospice served its first patient last June. Starting out as a global pandemic ended was a difficult feat, said CFO Carlos Quintanilla. But the hospice was driven by an aim to improve spiritual support for terminally-ill...
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