G. Scott Herman, founder and CEO of New Day Healthcare and a number one proponent of innovation in house care, has died on the age of 61 after a battle with most cancers, the corporate introduced.

Herman was a frontrunner within the house care subject throughout a profession that included positions at a number of organizations. Previous to New Day, Herman was CEO of Elara Caring and held management positions at six different house care and hospice corporations.

He brings greater than 30 years of healthcare expertise to New Day. He began his journey in healthcare as a paramedic and flight nurse. His time in nursing included tenures in emergency departments and intensive care items, along with house well being and hospice.

“It’s with nice disappointment that we announce the passing of our chief, mentor and pricey buddy, Scott Herman,” mentioned Kathy Poland, chief working officer and co-founder of New Day, in an emailed assertion to HHCN’s sister publication, Hospice Information. “Scott had a daring and unwavering imaginative and prescient for New Day, and he impressed us all to assume larger and serve higher. Many members of our management crew have labored with Scott for many years. We’re dedicated to honoring his legacy by persevering with his imaginative and prescient and persevering with the work he was so enthusiastic about.”

Based in 2020, New Day’s roughly 10,000 workers present hospice, house well being, pediatric and private care to roughly 120,000 sufferers yearly. The corporate provides providers in Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and now Indiana. New Day is owned by the Kaltroco household workplace.

Herman led New Day with a progress mindset. The corporate has accomplished sixteen acquisitions since its founding. New Day’s technique was largely targeted on constructing density, market enlargement and co-locating the service portfolio.

He characterised his management model – and the corporate’s place – as a “burn the ships” strategy, with an emphasis on innovation and enhancing the affected person expertise.

“Once we based New Day, we needed to ‘burn the ships’ and do issues otherwise, interested by how we are able to deal with sufferers in a longitudinal manner and never simply throughout episodes, moments in time or incidents,” Herman advised Hospice Information in 2024. “To do this, we needed to have a full continuum of care within the markets we serve. To have the ability to handle these folks primarily based on their illness and to have the ability to handle these folks through the years, not simply incidents, we have now to have the businesses and assets that enable that care to occur and transition seamlessly.”

Affected person care and operational stability won’t be interrupted on New Day, an organization assertion mentioned. The house care and hospice supplier will proceed to deal with progress and worth creation.

“Scott was a doctor by and thru and a transformational chief,” mentioned Kenneth Hammond, member of the New Day board of administrators and Chief Funding Officer of Kaltroco. “He challenged us all to reimagine what is feasible in house well being care – and he did so with urgency, conviction and deep respect for sufferers and caregivers. We’ll honor his legacy by persevering with the mission he began.”