Chapters Health System and Capital Caring Health announced today the signing of a letter of intent to affiliate. By early 2023, the organizations would combine resources to support ongoing innovation and critical care expansion in the communities they each serve, i.e. Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C.
TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. and FALLS CHURCH, Va., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Chapters Health System and Capital Caring Health announced today the signing of a letter of intent to affiliate. By early 2023, the organizations would combine resources to support ongoing innovation and critical care expansion in the communities they each serve. Chapters Health is one of the nation's premier not-for-profit, community-based healthcare organizations headquartered in Temple Terrace. Founded in 1977, and located in the nation's capital, Capital Caring Health was, along with several other entities, one of the first in the nation to provide hospice and related care.
With total staffs of nearly 4,000 and 3,000 volunteers, Chapters Health and Capital Caring Health is one of the largest, not-for-profit advanced illness and hospice care organizations in the nation among the nearly 4,700 hospice providers.
"In the past year, Chapters Health has been on an accelerated and ambitious journey to change the way chronic illness management and end-of-life care is administered in our communities," said Andrew Molosky, MBA, FACHE, CHPCA, president and chief executive officer for Chapters Health. Tom Koutsoumpas, CEO of Capital Caring further stated, "Our affiliation with Chapters Health is a blueprint for other community-based, not-for-profit organizations to follow in order to meet the challenges of the future head on. Together we provide the best possible outcomes for patients, families and our dedicated team members."
With the combined resources of the Chapters Health System and Capital Caring Health, healthcare services will be provided to residents in 35 Florida counties, four Georgia counties, two Maryland counties, 12 Virginia counties along with four independent cities in the state and all eight wards of Washington D.C., allowing nearly 100,000 lives to be touched annually.
"As we welcome the Capital Caring team in conjunction with our team, we are excited to start 2023 with the experience unmatched anywhere else to continue to elevate home and community-based, end-of-life care," added Molosky.
About Chapters Health System
As a progressive leader and premier health system, Chapters Health System is dedicated to delivering innovative home health, palliative and hospice care along with durable medical equipment and pharmacy services. Since 1983 as a community-based, not-for-profit organization, Chapters Health has provided choices, education and guidance through its managed affiliates. All offerings are provided in order to improve the patient/family experience well in advance of end-of-life needs. In 2022, Chapters Health earned certified status for information security from HITRUST; for the fifth consecutive year was recognized as a great workplace in the Aging Services category by the independent analysts at the Great Place to Work® Institute; and in 2021 was named a Top Workplace by the Tampa Bay Times. To learn more, visit http://www.chaptershealth.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Capital Caring Health
Capital Caring Health is a not-for-profit, community-based organization founded in the nation's capital in 1977. Capital Caring Health is one of the most experienced and respected providers of advanced illness, hospice and elder care services in the country. Our care for children with life – limiting disease is the largest on the East Coast. Additional services focus on the special care needs of veterans, and those with heart failure and end-stage lung disease. More than $3.0 million annually funds care for those who lack coverage or the necessary financial resources for services. Almost 90 cents of every dollar go to caring for patients and their families. Over the years, Capital Caring Health has provided hospice, palliative care, and counseling to nearly 120,000 patients and their families through our regional neighborhood network across Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C.
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Media Contact
Phoebe Ochman, Chapters Health System, 813-532-7221, [email protected]
Steve Cone, Capital Caring Health, 646-943-1739, [email protected]
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