Parts of the United States with high medical service costs would do well to embrace more hospice care. In fact, incentivizing hospice care in these regions may lower total health care costs nationwide, according to a study recently published in Health Affairs. For the study, Shiyi Wang of the Yale University School of Public Health and […]
Two federal bills recently have been proposed to expand the role of physician assistants (PAs) and other types of clinicians in home health and hospice. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) last week introduced the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. If passed, the new law would enable physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse […]
After recently declaring it would exit from the skilled nursing business entirely, the nation’s largest home health care provider is proving it still is one of the strongest players in the space. Despite missing analysts estimates in its fourth quarter and end-of-year earnings, investors still seemed to be pleased with Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) and […]
Compassus Hospice Adds Senior VP and Chief Medical Officer Compassus, a nationwide network of community-based hospice, palliative and home health programs, appointed Kurt Merkelz, MD, to the organization’s executive team as senior vice president and chief medical officer. In this new role, Merkelz will lead Compassus’ quality and clinical initiatives across the more than 150 […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) has found home health to be its diamond in the rough in its latest quarterly earnings. As the largest senior housing provider in the nation, Brookdale executives see the company’s crossover as one of the top 10 largest home health providers to be a key distinction from its peers. Brookdale, which is […]
One of the nation’s largest hospital operators is ditching its home health and hospice businesses entirely, citing the unnecessary risks the businesses pose to the company. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) has entered into letters of intent to sell its home health and hospice businesses, which are “sub-scale and not essential” for the company to […]
A bill that was passed by the House of Representatives last week, if passed by the Senate, will have an impact on several areas of the home health and hospice industry. The 21st Century CURES Act is a combination of the original CURES legislation, which was intended to make the FDA drug review process more efficient, […]
Professionals and investors in the health care services industry are optimistic about the industry’s future business performance—and they’re particularly bullish about the growth of the home health and hospice sector in the coming year. In fact, the home health and hospice sector is likely to see strong growth in the next 12 months, according to […]
For many home health patients who are chronically ill, there is a natural progression that takes place: home health is provided, eventually a palliative review is conducted after some period of decline, and the patient moves to hospice care where he or she spends on average, 7 to 12 days before passing away. But what […]
Home health agencies now know who will be performing controversial recovery audits on their Medicare claims. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has chosen its second round of national Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), including the first-ever that will be focused exclusively on durable medical equipment, home health, and hospice (DME/HH-H) claims. Five contracts have […]
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