(Knoxville, TN) Caris Healthcare welcomes Heather Brown as Director of Palliative Care serving all Caris offices. Brown brings 15+ years of healthcare experience. She will oversee all management of the palliative agency, including developing people and processes, ensuring high quality of care to each patient, financial management, and business development. Brown is an accomplished professional […]

Caris Healthcare is pleased to announce a new program designed to enrich the lives of our patients. The Sunshine Creative Arts program brings joy and comfort to hospice patients through creative arts like music, writing, art, and games. By nurturing the spirit through expression, patients can rediscover passions, ease stress, and find purpose, connection, and […]

As of September 1st, 2025, Arista Metcalf, RN will be serving Caris Healthcare teams as the Regional Director of Clinical Care for the company’s East Tennessee Region, which is comprised of 7 hospice care offices. Arista brings 18 years of healthcare experience, with 13 of those years being in hospice nursing and operations. Arista will […]

[Knoxville, Tennessee] — [July 31, 2025] Community Health Accreditation Partner, Inc., (CHAP) announced today that Caris Healthcare offices in Knoxville, Lenoir City, Morristown, and Sevierville, TN have been awarded CHAP Accreditation under the CHAP Standards of Excellence with the Age-Friendly Care Certification. By achieving CHAP Accreditation, Caris Healthcare has also been deemed to meet Medicare […]

In 2024, when Caris’ executive team began developing their 2025 budget initiatives, one program stood out as universally supported: Wellbeing Coaching. “We have recognized the escalating stress and burnout that healthcare workers face, especially in hospice care. Our heart is to provide the tools our Patient Care Managers and nurses need to care for themselves […]

[Lawrenceburg, TN] – Caris Healthcare, a leading provider of hospice care services, is delighted to announce the opening of its latest location in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. This expansion reflects Caris Healthcare’s ongoing commitment to delivering compassionate end-of-life care and support to individuals and families in communities across the region. With the inauguration of this location, Caris […]

Caris Healthcare is proud to share that five of their offices have earned the “Superior Provider” Caregiver Satisfaction Award by Strategy Healthcare Programs (SHP). This designation is for providers that rank in the top 20% nationally.  Big Stone Gap and Bristol offices in Virginia and Cookeville, Crossville, and Murfreesboro offices in Tennessee are proud to […]

Lacey Hayes, director of marketing and communications for Caris Healthcare, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE). Hayes was named to the TNCPE Board of Examiners in 2018, reviewing and evaluating applications for the TNCPE Award Program. The program recognizes local, state and regional organizations that […]

We are proud to announce that Caris Healthcare’s very own South Carolina Regional Vice President of Operations, Karen Mundy, has been appointed to serve on The Carolinas Center (TCC) board. Karen joined Caris in 2011 as Patient Care Manager in the Somerville, Tennessee office, and in less than two years was named Central Regional Director […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— Caris Healthcare hires R. Keith Green to the role of Chief Financial Officer. An experienced financial Management executive, Green has extensive experience with both human resources and IT management. “We are very excited to have a financial executive of Keith’s caliber to join our team at Caris,” said Caris CEO Paul Saylor.” “With […]