Carolina Caring Named to Modern Healthcare’s Prestigious List of Best Places to Work for 2020

By leveraging a profoundly engaged workforce, the non-profit hospice and palliative care provider has created a culture of excellence that consistently delivers innovative, personalized care to those it serves.

Carolina Caring staff members accepting special recognition at the 2019 Best Places to Work Awards Dinner in Dallas, TX. L-R Katie Isenhour, Lisa Bumgarner, Paula Ramsuer, Crystal Bollinger, and Dave Cook, CEO.

Carolina Caring staff members accepting special recognition at the 2019 Best Places to Work Awards Dinner in Dallas, TX. L-R Katie Isenhour, Lisa Bumgarner, Paula Ramsuer, Crystal Bollinger, and Dave Cook, CEO.

For the second year in a row, Modern Healthcare has selected Carolina Caring as one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare. In 2019, Carolina Caring ranked #18 on the list. Its rank in 2020 will be released later this Fall.

This award program identifies and recognizes outstanding employers in the healthcare industry nationwide. Modern Healthcare partners with the Best Companies Group on the assessment process, which includes an extensive employee survey.

“It’s such an honor to be recognized as a place where employees feel valued for their amazing contributions,” says Dave Cook, President and CEO of Carolina Caring. “We are inspired by their commitment to high-quality, compassionate care for those in our community who are experiencing a serious illness.”

Carolina Caring will find out their ranking on the Best Places list and be celebrated at the 2020 Best Places to Work in Healthcare awards gala taking place virtually on October 8 in conjunction with the Workplace of the Future Conference.

"It has been an especially trying year for the world, and healthcare in particular as COVID-19 ravages our communities and your workplaces," said Aurora Aguilar, Modern Healthcare's editor. "But the organizations recognized on this year's list rose to the top and continued to be a source of strength for their teammates. The loyalty and trust between employers and their workers is being put to the test now more than ever. We congratulate the Best Places to Work in Healthcare for continuing to serve their workforce and communities during such an unprecedented time."

For more about Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare and to view this year’s listing, visit ModernHealthcare.com/BestPlacesList.

Carolina Caring, founded in 1979, is an independent, community-based, non-profit health care provider. They specialize in programs that offer relief from chronic conditions, serious illnesses, and the challenges they bring, including palliative medicine, PACE (Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly), hospice care, and grief counseling.  Currently, Carolina Caring serves 12-counties across western North Carolina and the Piedmont. For more information about Carolina Caring, please call 828.466.0466 or visit www.CarolinaCaring.org.

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