Company Profile for VITAS Healthcare Corporation.VITAS VITAS Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association Innovative Hospice Care(R), a pioneer and leader in the hospice movement since 1978, is the nation's largest provider of end-of-life care. Headquartered in Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. , VITAS operates 36 hospice programs in 12 states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin). VITAS, which has evolved from its founding as a volunteer organization by a United Methodist minister and an oncology nurse oncology nurse Nursing A nurse specialized in treating and caring for people with cancer Salary $53K + 2% bonus. See Oncology. , today employs 7,586 professionals who care for terminally ill Terminally Ill When a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. Notes: Any gifts given out by the afflicted person at this time may be considered as a dispersion of the estate rather than a gift. patients daily, primarily in the patients' homes but also in the company's 24 inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay. in·pa·tient n. hospice units as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living/residential care centers for the elderly. At the conclusion of the first quarter of 2005, VITAS reported an average daily census daily census See Census. of 9,523; VITAS served nearly 55,000 patients throughout all of 2004. The name VITAS (pronounced VEE-tahs) is derived from the Latin word for lives. It symbolizes the VITAS mission: To preserve the quality of life for those who have a limited time to live.
Company: VITAS Healthcare Corporation
Headquarters Address: 100 S. Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 1500
Miami, FL 33131
Main Telephone: 305-374--4143
Website: http://www.vitas.com
Type of Organization: wholly owned subsidiary
Industry: Health
Key Executives: CEO: Tim O'Toole
President: David Wester
COO: Peggy Pettit
Public Relations
Contact: Mark Cohen
Phone: 305-350-5905
Email: mark.cohen@vitas.com
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