Alesha Holman
MSN Graduate Student | BSN, RN, CHPN | Hospice Administrator
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About
Dedicated hospice executive and MSN graduate student with progressive leadership experience across direct patient care, clinical management, and agency administration. Proven ability to lead high-performing interdisciplinary teams, grow census, strengthen compliance, manage budgets, and sustain compassionate, patient-centered end-of-life care. Recognized for hands-on leadership, strong staff retention and engagement, survey readiness, quality improvement, and creating a positive work environment where employees feel supported and valued.
Experience
Hospice Administrator - JAMES RIVER HOSPICE
(2023-11)
- Provide executive oversight of day-to-day clinical, operational, financial, staffing, quality, and regulatory functions, ensuring services remain available, compliant, efficient, and patient focused.
- Lead accreditation and survey readiness; successfully completed three ACHC accreditation surveys and one CHAP accreditation survey with successful outcomes.
- Direct QAPI and performance improvement activities, using SHP data, audits, trends, and quality indicators to identify opportunities, implement corrective actions, and maintain strong outcomes.
- Drive census development and strategic growth initiatives; contributed to organizational growth from startup to approximately 70 patients while balancing quality, staffing capacity, and service delivery.
- Manage fiscal performance and cost containment, maintaining medical supply, DME, and pharmacy expenses at or below a $5 per-patient-day target.
- Recruit, onboard, develop, evaluate, and retain qualified staff; build a positive and supportive workplace culture that promotes employee satisfaction, engagement, teamwork, accountability, and strong staff retention.
- Ensure compliance with CMS, state, accreditation, and organizational requirements; implement policies, monitor documentation, oversee audits, address deficiencies, and maintain continuous survey readiness.
- Partner with clinical leaders, physicians, interdisciplinary team members, referral sources, and senior leadership to resolve operational barriers, support patient safety, improve workflow, and advance branch goals.
Director of Clinical Services - JAMES RIVER HOSPICE
(2021-11 - 2023-11)
- Managed clinical operations, staff development, documentation oversight, internal audits, regulatory readiness, and performance improvement to support safe, compliant, high-quality hospice care.
- Developed and reinforced clinical processes, staff education, and corrective action plans that strengthened documentation, survey preparedness, and patient-focused quality outcomes.
RN Clinical Manager - James River Home Health Care (Hospice)
RN Case Manager - Hospice of Virginia
Certified Nursing Assistant - Hospice of Virginia
Education
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) - Nursing Leadership - Capella University (2026)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - Nursing - Capella University
Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) - Nursing - Fortis College
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) - Medical Careers - Medical Careers College

