First Choice Home Health and Hospice, a Boise, Idaho-based home health and hospice company owned by Jet Health, Inc., has announced Executive Director Kara Craig has been named to the board of directors of the Idaho Health Care Association. A nonprofit entity, the Idaho Health Care Association (IHCA) represents skilled nursing locations, assisted living and intermediate care facilities, home care and hospice agencies and non-medical home care services companies throughout Idaho. Craig was elected to the board by those IHCA members engaged in the home care and hospice space. In this position, Craig will represent the home health and hospice arena statewide. She will also represent Idaho on the National Council of States with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Prior to joining as executive director overseeing all divisions of the Boise operations at First Choice since April 2020, Craig was the hospice administrator at the company for 10 years. She has more than 32 years of experience in administrative leadership positions, including 14 years serving as chief executive officer of the Children’s Home Society of Idaho. Robert Vande Merwe, executive director of IHCA praised Craig as a great role model and industry leader, well connected with the home care and hospice space as well as throughout the local communities and across the state.
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