Crossing Rivers Health hospice service closing after 45 years

An area hospital-based hospice service is closing. Crossing Rivers Health announced this week that it will close its hospice program effective Sept. 30. A press release states that the decision followed “a comprehensive evaluation of healthcare trends.” Crossing Rivers Health is based in Prairie du Chien and the hospice program was established in 1980. It serves patients in Crawford County and portions of Grant County in Wisconsin, as well as patients in portions of Clayton County in Iowa. The release states that Crossing Rivers Health is working with Agrace Hospice Care to help ensure continuity of care for Wisconsin hospice patients.