The slow goodbye: navigating life when staring mortality in the face 
KOMO News; by Kelly Koopman; 7/22/26
Peter Mongillo doesn’t shy away from the cold, hard fact: He is dying. In June 2025, Mongillo was diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer. He was given a 25% chance of surviving one year. Yet one year after that devastating diagnosis, the former television news photojournalist and father of two sat down with us to discuss life, death, and how he’s navigated the journey of reckoning with his own mortality. ... “It's life," Mongillo told KOMO News Anchor and former coworker Kelly Koopmans. "Life is death, and as morbid as that may sound, we are all born, and we all die. It's something you can embrace and be a part of the journey," Mongillo added. "It's not the journey I necessarily wanted, but it's the journey that's chosen me, and I have to accept it." ... In this extended interview, Peter explained how he has lived with joy over the last year, how he navigated his illness as a father, and why he says the time he’s been granted has given him a chance to say a slow goodbye to everything and everyone he loves.

Grant supports hospice and home care in Juneau 
Juneau Empire, Juneau, AK; by Juneau Empire Staff; 7/29/26 
A funding boost has provided a lifeline for home health and hospice care in Juneau. The Foundation for End of Life Care provided a $21,643 grant to Bartlett Regional Hospital to support critical equipment and staff training needs for home health and hospice patients and families. Bartlett Regional Hospital controller Andrew Erikson said Home Health and Hospice at Bartlett has relied on a medical equipment distributor to provide essential equipment for home health and hospice patients.

Hospice launches new website 
The Martha's Vineyard Time, Martha's Vineyard, MA; Press Release; 7/29/26 
Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard (HPCMV) announces the launch of its newly redesigned website and new educational video. The new website offers visitors a more user-friendly experience, making it easier to find information about hospice, palliative care, grief support services, volunteer opportunities, upcoming events, and ways to support the organization. Designed with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and community members in mind, the site serves as a comprehensive resource for information about HPCMV.

Why traditional primary care fails frail elders and the future need for specialized models | part one 
Teleios Collaborative Network (TCN); podcast hosted by Chris Comeaux with Dr. Bethany Snider; 7/29/26 
Traditional primary care wasn't designed for today's frail elders—and that gap may be one of healthcare's greatest challenges. As America's population ages, healthcare leaders face an urgent question: Is the traditional primary care model enough to care for frail older adults with complex medical, functional, and social needs?  In Part One of this thought-provoking conversation, Chris Comeaux welcomes Dr. Bethany Snider, Chief Medical Officer of Everent Health, to explore why the future of serious illness care requires a fundamentally different approach. Together, they unpack the emerging concept of the frail elder practice—a longitudinal, interdisciplinary model that extends beyond office visits to meet patients where they are, both physically and emotionally.

Las Vegas Hospice booted from Medicare over ties to sanctioned provider 
Hoodline; by Christopher Kim; 7/29/26 
OneCare Hospice, LLC has been kicked out of Medicare after a federal administrative law judge upheld a government move to cut off the Las Vegas company, not because its own claims were found fraudulent, but because of its legal ties to another Nevada hospice that had already lost its billing privileges. On top of the revocation, OneCare is staring at a 10-year Medicare reenrollment bar and a spot on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Medicare preclusion list. The decision, issued July 9 after OneCare appealed the earlier agency action, found that federal officials were within their rights to pull OneCare’s enrollment.

Medical Aid in Dying in New York: A changing medical and legal landscape for terminally ill New Yorkers and healthcare professionals 
New York State Bar Association; by Edward McArdle, Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey, Adrienne Borschuk and Epiphany G. Ramirez; 7/29/26 
Medical aid in dying will soon become a legally permitted medical option for terminally ill patients in New York [on Aug 5]. The chapter amendments, which Gov. Hochul required before signing the bill, introduced several additional patient protections and clarifications to address concerns raised during the legislative process. These amendments include the requirements that all oral requests for the bill be recorded by audio or video device and permanently stored in the patient’s medical record; a mandatory mental health evaluation by a qualified professional to confirm decisional capacity; a five-day waiting period between the writing and filling of the prescription (with a narrow exception if the attending physician determines the patient may die before the period expires); a strict residency requirement limited to New York residents only; an in-person initial physician consultation unless such would cause extraordinary hardship to the patient; and strengthened opt-out rights for individual clinicians and healthcare facilities – including home hospice programs – that hold religious, moral, or ethical objections to participating in MAiD.

Bedford County approves Good Samaritan Hospice acquisition of former Hospice House 
WDBJ-TV 7, CBS, Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA; by Austin Hicks; 7/28/26 
In April, the Hospice House in Bedford County closed its doors, leaving a gap for families who need end-of-life care. Now, there’s new hope those services will return. During Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, the board approved nonprofit Good Samaritan Hospice’s acquisition of the closed facility. The move is expected to ensure Bedford County families have access to hospice care, palliative care and other support services during one of life’s most challenging moments. If Good Samaritan Hospice were to leave, the new facility it would be given back to the county. At this time there is no timetable for when the facility will open.

LiveWell Partners acquires Michigan Community VNA 
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 7/29/26 
LiveWell Partners has acquired Michigan Community VNA Home Health and Hospice, expanding its home-based care footprint in Michigan. The transaction marks LiveWell’s third acquisition in Michigan. Michigan Community VNA is based in Detroit and provides skilled home health, therapies, palliative and hospice services throughout that metropolitan area. The company will not rebrand and will continue with its current leadership post-acquisition. Financial terms were undisclosed.

Opened floodgates: Why current M&A pressures favor home-based care consolidators 
Home Health Care News; by Morgan Gonzales; 7/28/26 
High interest rates have slowed and complicated home-based care M&A, but they may also be creating a favorable buying opportunity for investors willing to enter the market now.  Buyers able to absorb higher borrowing costs may find a slower and more complex dealmaking landscape — one where compliance has become a critical screening tool, particularly in Medicaid-funded care, according to experts speaking at Home Health Care News’ Capital+Strategy conference in March. At the same time, speakers pointed to opportunities to build regional platforms through smaller acquisitions and to capitalize on potential long-term upside in skilled home health. ... While eyeing an attractive future for home-based care investment, buyers have to keep the heightened focus on fraud, waste and abuse in mind when shopping for a potential home-based care provider.

Western Mass nursing home operator ordered to pay $2.1M 
Athol Daily News, Athol, MA; by Domenic Poli; 7/29/26 
The co-founder of the limited liability company that owns two western Massachusetts nursing homes will be forced to compensate lenders $2.1 million after being found liable for fraud, breach of contract and violations of consumer protection law. A Middlesex County Superior Court jury determined after an eight-day trial that Joseph Cuzzupoli, who co-founded Blupoint Healthcare, persuaded Bradley Balter and his business, Arrakis Holdings LLC, to extend loans based on numerous fraudulent misrepresentations. ... Balter and Arrakis Holdings LLC sued Cuzzupoli, seeking declaratory relief and damages for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud and consumer protection law violations in connection with unpaid loans extended to certain nursing homes and a hospice business that Cuzzupoli controlled.

[Scotland] We aim to grant dying wishes with special final ambulance trips 
BBC News, Northeast Scotland; by Ken Banks; 7/29/26 
A group of Aberdeen paramedics have launched a venture aimed at granting terminally ill patients around Scotland a final journey to a place or event that is special to them. Kieran Hutcheon, 30, was inspired to act after his mother was unable to even go out for a coffee with him before she died from cancer. With co-founders Dan Bickmore, 37, and Karen Gill, 46, their Wish Ambulance Scotland charity has been formed. They plan to use a vehicle that is not as clinical as an actual ambulance, but can carry any necessary equipment for patients. Their aim is to offer relatively simple trips such as going to a favorite beach.

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