January 31, 2024- President and CEO Nick Westfall of VITAS Healthcare, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care, has joined a proposed transitional board of directors that will serve as a guide for a merger between the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Westfall has been a member of the NHPCO board of directors since 2020.