Hospice celebrates passing inspection

Staff and volunteers from the Hospice of St Francis are riding high, after the charity passed an unannounced Government Care Quality Commission Inspection.

ACHC Offers New Pricing for Hospice Agencies

The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. has introduced new, affordable pricing for Hospice agencies seeking accreditation for their services. ACHC is committed to providing affordable, comprehensive accreditation. ACHC has been able to streamline survey data collection resulting in this price reduction. For example, an initial single site hospice accreditation will now be $7,750 which ...

Average hospice length of stay is falling

Patients typically die within three weeks of admission. A 2011 rule requires physicians to see residents every 180 days to re-evaluate eligibility.

Hospice CEO paid $1.3M in final year

DAYTON — Hospice of Dayton in 2010 paid its retiring chief executive, Deborah S. Dailey, $1.3 million, including a $908,000 reward for staying at the helm of the nonprofit for a decade.Dailey collected the “deferred compensation” payout — disclosed in recently released tax forms — upon her retirement at the end of 2010. She served the first eight months of that year as president and CEO, then ...

Celebrate Valentine's with hospice society

The Mission organization is hosting a dine and dance Feb. 14