Chemed: Georgia Inspectors Placed VITAS’s State Operation in ‘Immediate Jeopardy’ After Patients in Crisis Experienced Lengthy Wait Times; Managers Told Inspectors They Were Unaware of State’s One-Hour Response Rule

Regulators in Georgia placed VITAS Healthcare’s, the largest hospice provider in the country and a subsidiary of Chemed (CHE), operations in the state under an “immediate jeopardy,” the most serious citation a regulator can issue, in August after finding that dying patients waited hours for a nurse and a full day for their medications, according […]

Published on Oct 27, 2026

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