2017 Annual Meeting &Exposition

Sarah McSpadden
Chief Operating Officer
The Elizabeth Hospice


Sarah McSpadden, RN, MSN, MHA, CHC joined The Elizabeth Hospice as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in August 2016. In her role. She is a respected, seasoned healthcare executive with more than 23 years of progressively responsible experience in leading Home Health, Post-Acute Medical Care, Palliative Care and Hospice programs, with an emphasis on quality assurance, patient-care outcomes, and clinical operations. Sarah’s multi-state and multi-office organization career highlights include executive leadership positions overseeing Clinical Services, Quality and Compliance, achieving Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) Deemed Status Accreditation for eight hospice programs in three states, oversight of clinical-operations management and clinical-care delivery, development and supervision of clinical and end-of-life nursing education, and supervision of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement programs and Compliance. Sarah is a sought-out leader and active participant in hospice and regulatory compliance committees at the state and national levels. She serves as a member on the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA) Education Committee, the National Quality and Standards Committee for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA), and is Certified in Healthcare Compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).

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