Julie Payne
Julie Payne RN, BS, CHPN, of Harrison, is the 2017-2018 Tennessee Hospice Organization board president.
Ms. Payne is the chief operations officer at Hospice of Chattanooga, the largest not-for-profit hospice in this region.
She joined Hospice of Chattanooga in March 2000 as a Clinical Team Leader. Since then she has held positions such as chief nursing officer (2005) and chief clinical officer (2013) before being appointed to her current role as COO. "As we look into the future of hospice services, we know we’ll be challenged by legislative changes at every level, but I am confident if we (hospice organizations) stay focused on providing the best end-of-life care, we will be very successful,” said Ms. Payne. “ I am very proud to serve as the Board President of the Tennessee Hospice Organization and hope to help assist all the hospice organizations across the state with current and future needs, but most of all, to ensure that everyone who deserves hospice care is able to receive it.”
During her tenure at Hospice of Chattanooga, Ms. Payne completed a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Organizational Management at Covenant College, Hospice and Palliative Care Certification (2006), the MVI Clinical Leader program and the MVI Hospice Administrator program. Under Ms. Payne’s leadership, Hospice of Chattanooga was most recently successful in attaining accreditation from Joint Commission.