The Best Healthcare Is Local: The Pennant Group's Alicia Bowman on AI & the Hospice Addendum

Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group closes out Last Visit First's coverage of the 2026 HCHB Users Conference. Alicia shares what has kept Pennant busy this year, including the final wave of its LHC and Amedisys acquisitions in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and how Pennant is testing Curate: Scribe with a group of clinicians ahead of a pilot this November. Alicia also talks about why transparency is at the heart of Pennant's partnership with Homecare Homebase, how Pennant's local operating model works, and why the best healthcare is delivered locally. Plus, her take on the hospice addendum, why it will be a giant operational lift, and how agencies and clinicians can connect with Pennant. Chapters: • 0:00 Welcome: Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group • 0:17 Pennant's Final Wave of LHC and Amedisys Acquisitions • 0:48 Testing Curate: Scribe at Pennant • 3:54 Pennant's Local Operating Model • 4:45 The Hospice Addendum: A Giant Operational Lift Connect with Alicia:   / alicia-bowman-37a114183   Connect with The Pennant Group: https://pennantgroup.com/ Sponsors: Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next. Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up? Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb.