Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Tennessee Chain Opens Another Location

Published on Fri Jun 14, 2013

Newport, Tenn.-based Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice has opened an office in Tazewell, it says in a statement. It’s the sixth location for the 30-year-old agency that serves 13 counties in East Tennessee.

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