Hospice executive elected to national organization leadership role

BONITA SPRINGS — The president and CEO of Hope Healthcare has been elected vice chair of the National Partnership for Hospice Innovation. Samira Beckwith, a recognized authority on hospice care, will help lead the nationwide partnership of community-based nonprofit, hospice, palliative and advanced illness care providers.

Beckwith was a founding director of NPHI and has been a member of the organization since 2015, according to a statement. She also represented Hope Healthcare and NPHI in a September meeting with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, where they discussed reducing regulatory burdens affecting hospices.