Solari Hospice Care

Purpose - Helping people to live with dignity and comfort by providing consistently trusted, professional hospice care.

Vision Statement - Solari Hospice Care leadership supports a culture of trust, transparency and accountability. Employees are expected to give feedback, share ideas, and grow team cohesiveness to insure delivery of hospice services that consistently sets new standards of excellence in end of life care.

Our culture extends to our patients, families, physicians, referral sources and the communities we serve through the development of trusting relationship chemistry that focuses on meeting the needs of each person individually.

Our communities can trust that the employees of SHC receive comprehensive orientation, training and education in a physically and emotionally safe environment that supports a focus on excellence, integrity and professional growth in alignment with the development of a unanimous pride of ownership.

Solari Hospice Care supports each community we serve through the establishment of efficient operational processes insuring consistent census and staffing growth thus growing economic viability. As a result, funds can be used for public education, philanthropy, delivery of free care to those in need and annual bereavement camps for children and their families.

Solari Hospice Care's purpose and mission result in giving the gift of hospice to those facing the end of their life, allowing each individual to complete life's journey in a manner that meets their specific physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs with intense focus on maintaining dignity and insuring comfort.

In 1994, Gary Polsky took his personal savings and founded Dignita Hospice Care in Phoenix, Arizona. Dignita expanded into the Tucson, Arizona market in 1996 and San Diego, California market in 1998. To solidify Dignita Hospice Care, Mr. Polsky envisioned hospice controlled inpatient units. In 1998, Gary founded Hospice Properties I, LLC to build the Dignita Hospice Care Mesa Inpatient Unit. Shortly thereafter, Hospice Properties II, LLC and Hospice Properties III, LLC were commissioned to build two additional inpatient units in Peoria, Arizona and Tucson, Arizona. In November 1999 with a solid reputation and an overall census of 346, Dignita Hospice Care was sold in an asset purchase to Odyssey Healthcare. For the three markets served by Dignita Hospice Care, a four year non-compete agreement was signed as part of the purchase.

After the sale, Gary found that his passion for hospice could not be squelched. In February 2002, Mr. Polsky founded Solari Hospice Care. Medicare certification was achieved in July 2002 for the first location in Las Vegas, Nevada serving Clark County. Solari’s attention turned to Houston, Texas. This location, serving the greater Houston metropolitan area, became Medicare certified in November 2004. Now, Solari Hospice Care is focusing on its next location in Phoenix, Arizona. Medicare certification is anticipated in January 2007. Concurrently, Solari is building its first hospice inpatient unit in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Medicare certification of this unit is anticipated to be in the summer of 2007.

Solari Hospice Care maintains its Corporate Office in Phoenix, Arizona. This office centralizes the general business functions as well as the overall management of the company.

Solari Hospice Care is guided by the Executive Team who have over 50 years of combined healthcare experience with a majority of these years in hospice.

Gary W. Polsky
President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Polsky founded Solari Hospice Care in 2002. Previously, he founded Arizona-based Dignita Hospice Care in 1994 and grew the company to over 300 patients in three locations over a five year period before it was sold in 1999. Mr. Polsky’s diverse healthcare leadership experience includes executive positions with Critical Care America, Summit Health, and Humana, Inc.

Beth Imlay
Chief Operations Officer

Ms. Imlay joined Solari Hospice Care in the fall of 2005 bringing over 11 years of progressive hospice leadership experience. She had most recently been the Regional Vice President for one of the largest hospice organizations in the country. Ms. Imlay is a Certified Hospice Instructor.

Mr. Stillman joined Solari Hospice Care in 2002 as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Stillman served for Dignita Hospice Care as well as other executive financial positions within the behavioral healthcare industry.

Mrs. Goins joined Solari Hospice Care in March 2005 bringing over 15 years of progressive health care leadership experience in clinical operations and compliance. She had most recently been the Regional Clinical Director for one of the largest hospice organizations in the country. Mrs. Goins is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse.