WellStar Welcomes New VP of Home Care, Hospice and Palliative Care

Barbara Ballard has been named Vice President of Home Care, Hospice, and Palliative Care. She joined the WellStar family on Aug. 2.
In this position, Ballard will provide overall strategic direction for all homecare, hospice and palliative care services across the System and ensure the achievement of WellStar’s objectives, mission and long-term strategy for this key service. Homecare and Hospice Services represent a $20 million annual revenue enterprise for the System.
Ballard brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience to WellStar. Most recently, she was Vice President of Home Care, Hospice, Home Infusion, DME and Palliative Medicine for Bon Secours Health System in Virginia. In this role, she was responsible for 14 sites, 500 employees and annual revenues of $47.5 million.

She holds her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in project management from Carnegie-Mellon University.