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Home health and hospice report shows quality gains; longtime hospice director announces retirement
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Tahoe Forest’s home health and hospice leaders presented 2024 performance metrics showing above‑average quality measures, lower unplanned hospitalizations and programs such as hospice thrift stores and palliative care; hospice director Jim Sturman said he will retire in January 2026.
Tahoe Forest Home Health and Tahoe Forest Hospice staff presented their annual regulatory quality report to the board, reporting improved performance on several measures, a 5‑star home‑health patient survey summary and progress on goals to reduce unplanned hospitalizations.
Jim Sturman, director of hospice (who also oversees home health), told the board that home health served 134 unduplicated patients in 2024 and provided 3,161 individual visits, with an average length of service of about 49 days. He said the agency’s quality measures exceed state and national averages and that internal…
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