NHPCO and the National Alliance for Care at Home celebrate healthcare leader and volunteer award honorees at final NHPCO Conference

NHPCO and the National Alliance for Care at Home celebrate healthcare leader and volunteer award honorees at final NHPCO Conference 
NHPCO Press Release; by Elyssa Katz; 9/19/24
This week, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the new National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) honored standout members of the hospice and palliative care community during the 2024 NHPCO Annual Leadership Conference in Denver, Colorado. [Click on the title's link for the full list and its descriptions.]

• NHPCO Founders Award
• Susan Lloyd, Delaware Hospice and Chair of Hospice Action Network Board
• Sandy Kuhlman, Hospice Services of Northwest Kansas
• Dr. Bernice Catherine Harper Trailblazer Award: the Cultural Diversity Team of the MJHS Health System in New York, NY
• We Honor Veterans Outstanding Program Award: Geisinger Hospice in Danville, PA
• We Honor Veterans Leadership Award: Scott Shreve of the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Volunteers are the Foundation of Hospice Awards: 
• Organizational Support Award: Richard D. Bressler, Weinstein Hospice, Atlanta, GA
• Patient and Family Service Award: Morag Hunt, Hospice del Valle, Alamosa, CO
• Specialized Volunteer Service Award: Krysta Cash, St. Catherine Hospice, Garden City, KS
• We Honor Veterans Volunteer Service Award: Linda Collins, Empath Tidewell Hospice, Englewood, FL
• Young Leader Service Award: Madison Helmick, Empath Tidewell Grief Care Blue Butterfly
• NHPCO Board Members' leadership through this "important time of transformation": Melinda Gruber, Chair; Tarrah Lowry, Vice Chair; Samira Beckwith; Pete Brunnick; Trisha Crissman; Ronald Crossno; Carla Davis; Jim Deal; Liz Fowler; Stacy Groff; Katy Lanz; Susan Lloyd; Ben Marcantonio; Christine McMichael; Norman McRae; Sarah McSpadden; Bob Parker; Clevis Parker; Joe Rogers; Lynne Sexten; Terri Warren; Nick Westfall; Tracy Wood; Kristen Yntema 
• Visionary Leadership Award: Ben Marcantonio, Chief Integration Office for the Alliance
• Galen Miller Leadership Award: Melinda Gruber, Corewell Health Southwest of Michigan and Samira Beckwith, Chapters Health System
• Healthcare Architect Awards: Carla Davis, LHC Group and HAN Board; Bob Parker, Kindful Health and Alliance Transition Board
• Heart of Hospice Awards: Ronald Crossno, Gentiva and Bernice Burkarth, Tufts Medicine Care at Home

Editor's note: Join us in congratulating these leaders for their timely expertise and contributions--past, present, and yet ahead! Whom do you know on this list, or at their organizations? Reach out, celebrate, and thank them!