Humana buys Kindred at Home
Kindred Healthcare’s shareholders approved the sale of its home health business to Humana Inc. and a pair of private equity
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MedPAC recommends slashing Medicare payments to home health agencies
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending Congress slash Medicare payments to companies that provide home health services. In the
Read moreMore Than A Job: Home Care For A Mom With Alzheimer’s Disease
(By Franziska Monahan for WBUR in cooperation with NPR) Celina Raddatz quit her job at a nursing home in 2014
Read moreBuried In The Budget Bill Are Belated Gifts For Some Health Care Providers
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) When President Donald Trump signed the last-minute budget deal into law earlier this
Read moreHome Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Colin Campbell needs help dressing, bathing and moving between his bed and his
Read moreChoosing hospice care for loved ones
According to Time magazine, there are 4,000 plus hospice agencies that severed about 1.4 million Medicare patients in the United
Read moreA new role for first responders: providing in-home health care
(By Leah Samuel for STAT) BOSTON — Dedalo Sousa, an 85-year-old with type 2 diabetes, has seen the inside of
Read moreHospice Workers Who Care For The Dying Don’t Plan Ahead Themselves
(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) Hospice workers may witness terminal illness and death almost daily, but that doesn’t
Read more‘No One Is Coming’: Hospice Patients Abandoned At Death’s Door
(By JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) WASILLA, Alaska — As her husband lay moaning in pain
Read moreAs Care Shifts From Hospital To Home, Guarding Against Infection Falls To Families
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Angela Cooper arrived home from work to discover her daughter’s temperature had spiked
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