Kate Sims is a senior healthcare executive with more than 40 years of progressive leadership experience across acute care hospitals, hospice, homecare, outpatient services, patient experience, and healthcare operations. She is recognized for driving transformational change, operational excellence, clinical quality, and strategic growth within complex healthcare systems.
Currently serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at The Connecticut Hospice, the nation’s first hospice founded in 1974, Kate provides executive leadership across hospice, skilled home care, inpatient nursing, palliative care, and community-based programs. She oversees multidisciplinary teams, organizational quality initiatives, regulatory compliance, patient experience, and operational strategy across the continuum of care.
Throughout her career, Kate has successfully led large-scale operational improvements, accreditation readiness, quality and safety initiatives, patient experience transformations, and healthcare growth strategies. Her leadership has resulted in measurable improvements in patient satisfaction, operational efficiency, clinical outcomes, and financial performance.
