President and CEO Nick Westfall of VITAS Healthcare has joined a proposed transitional board of directors that will serve as a guide for a merger between the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Westfall has been a member of the NHPCO board of directors since 2020.
As executive leader of the healthcare provider that offers hospice and palliative care to more than 19,000 patients and families daily in 14 states and the District of Columbia, Westfall is joined by 19 other executives from hospice and palliative care providers and healthcare organizations across the nation. According to a joint release, the transition board will oversee the merger to a new, consolidated organization once both associations’ boards of directors ratify the agreement for the merger, which is scheduled to occur in early 2024.
Since 2012, Westfall has led the field operations of VITAS, becoming its chief operating officer in 2015 and its president and CEO in 2016. In his previous role at Chemed Corporation, the parent company of VITAS, he was director of information, technology and operations. Prior to joining Chemed, he was a senior manager for Deloitte.
