Nashville panel OKs new hospice for Chattanooga

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

photo Dr. Deanna Duncan

A state board approved a certificate for Dr. Deanna Duncan to open an additional hospice in the Chattanooga area during their monthly meeting on Wednesday.

The Health Services and Development Agency board voted seven to three in favor of allowing Duncan to open Hearth LLC on Rossville Avenue. The nonresidential hospice would serve nine Tennessee counties and is projecting to serve 76 patients the first year and 212 patients the second.

Duncan, who had previously worked at Hospice of Chattanooga, said she believes a small hospice provider who knows the work as well as she does can provide more personalized care.