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Sharp Hospicecare breaks ground on Moore Mountainview Hospice in Poway East County Magazine (CA); 5/9/24 Sharp HospiceCare broke ground on the Moore MountainView Hospice Home in Poway Tuesday, marking the introduction of its fourth hospice residence within San Diego County. Slated to open in early 2025, this homelike facility is designed to provide comfort and specialized care to patients and their families. ... The Moore MountainView Hospice Home is named in recognition of a significant donation from Lori Moore, registered nurse, and her family, founders of the Cushman Foundation. Five generations of the Cushman family have been instrumental in volunteer leadership and philanthropy since the founding of Sharp HealthCare. This enduring legacy continues to impact numerous lives and now extends to Sharp HospiceCare. 

Teeing it up for Hospice of the Valley: Over $53k raisedCity Sun Times; by Lin Sue Flood; 5/6/24It was a picture-perfect day out at Grayhawk Golf Club for Hospice of the Valley’s 2024 Pro-Am Golf Tournament, presented by Cigna Healthcare. The March 28 event in Scottsdale raised over $53,000 for the nonprofit’s charity care programs. “It’s a tournament that is meaningful for all players,” said sponsor Tim Louis, who competes every year with wife Amy in memory of his parents. “It’s a mission of love, it’s a mission of dignity and I love to support it.” 

Golf tournament raises more than $22,000 for local charity Avow Foundation, Naples, FL; Press Release; 5/6/24On Monday, April 8, Royal Palm Golf Club hosted a Pro-Am tournament to benefit Avow Foundation, raising more than $22,000 to support Avow’s mission to provide hospice, palliative care, and bereavement services to the community. Their collaborative efforts resulted in a successful tournament, attracting 76 professional and amateur golfers from clubs around Collier County.

Our Hospice of South Central Indiana receives grant from MDRT Foundation Shelby Chamber; 5/3/24 Thanks to the Greater Horizon Financial Group’s partnership, Our Hospice has received a $2,500 grant for its Pediatric Hospice Care services from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation (MDRT). The MDRT gives to charitable organizations worldwide, demonstrating the generosity, service, and impact of MDRT members.  This year, the MDRT Foundation will award over $1.8 million in MDRT member-endorsed grants to over 350 charitable organizations worldwide. ...

Harmony House of Western Massachusetts unveils new home for terminally ill WWLP TV 22 News; by Kayleigh Thomas; posted 4/26/24, updated 4/27/24 [Chicopee, MA] After a long hiatus, the Harmony House of Western Massachusetts unveiled its new home for the terminally ill. It comes after the original home closed in 2019 before Covid-19 hit. Once the pandemic began, plans to renovate the new home were put on hold. Now, they’re completely renovated with a fully staffed team to offer companionship, meals, laundry services, and personal and spiritual care.

Hospice Ball raises money for health care in the Northern Hills Black Hills Pioneer (Spearfish, South Dakota); by Pioneer Staff Reports; 4/26/24Nearly $110,000 was raised during the 27th annual Northern Hills Hospice Ball held on April 6. Monument Health hosts the annual event to help raise awareness and support for hospice patients and their families. Proceeds from this year's event supported hospice care in the Northern Hills and a fund-a-mission portion of the event supported the expansion of the Monument Health Spearfish Hospital. "On April 6 we yet again witnessed the Northern Hills community showing up to help uphold the dignity and support of our local Hospice patients," said Hans Nelson, Director of the Monument Health Foundation. 

NAHC expresses disappointment regarding Medicaid Access Rule HomeCare; 4/23/24 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) released a statement noting that it was, 'extremely disappointed that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) elected to finalize the “payment adequacy” provision in the Medicaid Access Final Rule (CMS 2442-F).' "This is a misguided policy that will result in agency closures, force providers to exit the Medicaid program, and will ultimately make access issues worse around the country," a statement from the organization read. "As NAHC and our partners across the homecare industry have demonstrated, such a provision is not only unworkable due to the varied nature of Medicaid programs across the country, CMS also lacks statutory authority to impose this mandate."

New hospice home set to open in Burton, offering home-like care for end-of-life patients mlive.com; by Fuad Shalhout; 4/25/24A new hospice home is expected to open in Burton [MI] this summer. ... By creating a guest home in Burton, individuals will receive hospice care in a home-like setting to live out their final days instead of a hospital. ... “We’ve been renovating it for the last six months just making it safe for people,” said Diane Welker, one of the group’s founders and a retired palliative care nurse practitioner at Hurley Medical Center. The foundation received a $4,300 grant from Home Depot to pay for the flooring, and the Community Foundation of Greater Flint provided a $45,000 grant to help with renovations.

Hospice House Crawfish Cook-off is a blazing hitNola.com, by Andrew Canulette; 4/21/24 The weather was warm and the crawfish were spicy at the 19th annual Hospice Foundation of the South Crawfish Cook-off held at Slidell's Fritchie Park on April 20. The cook-off is believed to be the single largest one-day event in St. Tammany Parish, and the crowds this year did little to disprove that. More than 60 teams competed for top honors in the cookoff, serving up more than 40,000 pounds of mudbugs for the hungry hordes. ... Officials with the organization recently announced their intention to open a second Hospice House in western St. Tammany Parish. 

Money donated to hospice organization: [$24k+ to Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County] Fox TV 22 and ABC TV 7 - Bangor, ME; by Susan Farley; 4/18/24During [November and December], Subaru of America and Stanley Subaru in Trenton donate a portion of proceeds from every new car sale to charity. Today they gave Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County a check for almost $ 25,000. "We are also growing our service with palliative care . We know that's a very underserved population really with support from volunteers going into the home providing companionship and respite. ... " said Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County Executive Director Kathy Bailargeon.

[$300k to inpatient hospice care] Youngkin presents budget reflecting compromise Blue Ridge Leader & Loudon Today; 4/13/24 Gov. Glenn Youngkin on April 8, released a package of 242 budget amendments to find common ground with the General Assembly on a new, two-year budget. The propose package eliminates all tax decreases and increases, includes a $21.3 billion record investment for K-12 education, and provides $3.2 billion on new spending on health and human resources. ... [Among many other line items, this includes:] $300,000 for inpatient hospice care in Aldie. 

Dane County Board approves funding for hospice care program for homeless individualsABC TV 27 WKOW, Madison, WI; by Chloe Morrissey; 4/6/24Multiple organizations aiming to combat homelessness received approval for funding after Thursday night's Dane County Board meeting. One organization, Solace Friends, will be receiving $100,000 for the creation of Solace Home. It's a hospice program for housing insecure individuals given less than 6 months to live. The home can serve up to four people at one time who are currently living on the street, in a shelter or an unstable housing situation. 

Ohio’s Hospice celebrates Spring Spectacular Treasures of Time: Raises over $36kCarroll County Messenger, by Thomas Clapper; 4/2/24Ohio’s Hospice celebrated its Spring Spectacular Treasures of Time March 16 with food, entertainment, silent and live auctions and as always, celebrity servers. Celebrity servers have become the mainstays of the annual event which raised funds for local hospice care. 2024 celebrity servers, who raised a total of $36,671, included Gary and Nicole Chaddock, Brad Eick, Rick and Holly Morgan, Matt Kishman, Kate Offenberger, Janet Smith, Katie DeLane, Allan Furbee, Tom James, Grant Bake and Cedar One, Mark Scott, John Weyand and Bill and Barb Newell.