I am curious as to why the employee severance pack...

2009-01-23T21:37:00.000-08:00

I am curious as to why the employee severance package was changed one to two days before the closing? I am also curious as to why the CEO of only six months recieved a 300,000.00 severance package. What did she do that was worth that kind of money? They could have spread that money around to the emploees who really needed it, instead of lining someones pockete who wasn't even there long enough

Hi Hospice Guy,

I'm an academic physici...

2008-12-15T13:09:00.000-08:00

Hi Hospice Guy,

I'm an academic physician (formerly at Harvard and Stanford) who found your blog while looking for the best health writers. I think your writing is great! I would like to feature you in the Aging & Senior Health Community on Wellsphere, a top 10 health website that has well over 2 million visitors monthly.

Simply put, there are too many hospices in the US....

2008-11-18T13:30:00.000-08:00

Simply put, there are too many hospices in the US. Rather than a sign of "what is to come", this Trinity shutdown is the latest example of "what has come" to the hospice industry. We will continue to see the closure , or consolidation, of hospices with offices serving an average daily census of less than 100.

Tim Cousounis
MDVantage Palliative Care Group

The patients were transferred to other hospices if...

2008-11-14T18:34:00.000-08:00

The patients were transferred to other hospices if they chose to, they were not abandoned.Some Nurses and HHA, SW and SC were kept on to help with the transfers. The staff had a two day notice and there was no severance package. It was poor business practices, people who did not understand the payment system and some Sunrise Commmunites would not give Trinity a chance until it was forced on

Sunrise shut down all of the Trinity's Nation wide...

2008-11-13T21:23:00.000-08:00

Sunrise shut down all of the Trinity's Nation wide I believe that there was 29 centers total that had to close their door's. Most of which are closing on 11/14/2008. some of the staff were informed of the closure a little over a week ago. While yes the Nurse's will be able to get other jobs, some staff will not and when a center closes in a small community it affects the whole community, not

im sure it is poor business practices - everything...

2008-11-13T12:11:00.000-08:00

im sure it is poor business practices - everything about money all the time -

I have a bad taste for hospice - what a joke - the killing doctors - and then they are not there when it happens!!!!!

As far as the reason for its failure, it was poor ...

2008-11-11T13:39:00.000-08:00

As far as the reason for its failure, it was poor business practices, the failure of Sunrise Senior Living to understand a capitated payment system (they are mostly private pay), and the loss of key staff. The past CEO, Steve Plochocki, left the company in a great position upon sale to Sunrise, but the new CEO hired like minded staff and they drove the company into the ground. Want to lower

Knowing someone who used to work for Trinity, they...

2008-11-11T13:19:00.000-08:00

Knowing someone who used to work for Trinity, they closed down and abandoned most of their patients on Friday. Of course there is a transition for some, but many nurses and staff were given a 4-hour get out. No severance, just a boot. Thankfully in some areas, such as Casa Grande AZ, other hospices in the area took up their work force and patients. But, Trinity closed well over two dozen branches

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