Contessa
Employee Spotlight: Dawn Black, Director of Clinical Operations, Palliative Care at Home
Meet Dawn Black, Director of Clinical Operations with Contessa’s Palliative Care at Home program with partner Henry Ford Health. Dawn was recently promoted to this…
Employee Spotlight: Hana Bazzi, Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Meet Hana, a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) with Contessa partner Henry Ford Health. Hana was recently nominated for an MVP Moment by her manager,…
Provider Spotlight: Brianna Sieber, PA-C
Brianna Sieber, PA-C had been a hospitalist advanced practice provider for about five years when work-life balance as a new mom prompted her to consider…
“Familiarity of surroundings increases the healing process.”
After a recent procedure at Marshfield Medical Center, Clarence, a retired dentist, found himself back home sooner than would be expected. Thanks to the Marshfield…
Palliative Care News: Inside Palliative Care at Contessa’s Health System Joint Ventures
Palliative Care News | September 27, 2024 As palliative care models continue to grow and attract interest from both health systems and payers as a…
“It just helped everything, because it got us all on one page.”
When Taylor’s grandmother, Mabel, began having increased health complications, she followed a pattern that many older adults experience: she began visiting the hospital more frequently….
Employee Spotlight: Kelsea Haibach, Recovery Care Coordinator
Meet Kelsea, a Recovery Care Coordinator (RCC) with Contessa partner Allegheny Health Network (AHN). We asked Kelsea to share some details about herself and her…
“I haven’t found anything they needed to do that couldn’t be done.”
As hospital-level care has grown in the United States, many of Contessa’s partner providers like the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), who offer hospital…
Contessa Selected by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Test Medicare Dementia Care Model
Amedisys | August 21, 2024 Today, Contessa Health, a subsidiary of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), announced they have been selected by the Centers for Medicare…
Employee Spotlight: Tara Whiteside, Palliative Care VCU Team Lead Care Coordinator
Meet Tara, a Team Lead Care Coordinator in our Palliative Care Virtual Care Unit (VCU). Tara was nominated for a spotlight by her manager, Donna,…
Modern Healthcare: Calls for family caregiver support escalate as home care grows
Modern Healthcare | August 13, 2024 In addition to publishing a new white paper on caregiver burden and health equity in hospital-at-home care, we recently…
Improving Family Caregiver Burden and Health Equity With Hospital at Home
Delivering hospital care at home brings benefits to caregivers who face barriers when patients are admitted to a brick-and-mortar facility As we look towards a…