Hospice News September 18, 2024
The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG) has appointed Dr. Derrel Walker as its chief medical officer, a new position for the company.
Walker came to Pennant in 2011 as a medical director in one of the company’s Idaho branches. Pennant is the holding company for a cluster of independent hospice, home health and senior living providers located across 13 states.
Early in his tenure at Pennant, Walker began making house calls and was struck by the value of engaging patients in their home environment, as well as with clinicians’ extensive capabilities for providing care in the home, he told Hospice News.
Hospice News sat down with Walker at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Denver...
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