Home Health & Hospice Week

The home care companies that are the subject of the Senate Finance Committee's report are themselves weighing in. Amedisys Inc., which was probably the most criticized in the report, issued a statement saying, "we are disappointed with the Committee's conclusions, and we stand by our company's integrity, ethics, and patient care practices. We are proud of our mission, which is to provide the highest quality care for our nation's chronically ill, elderly population, while managing a compliant, efficient and financially sound business." Likewise, Gentiva Health Services "maintains its belief that the company is providing the highest quality of care and receives payment within the standards set forth by the reimbursement system established by ...CMS," it says in a statement. "Gentiva's therapy utilization patterns were not driven by the adjustment to reimbursement in January of 2008," the chain maintains. "The care pattern in 2008 ... is very similar to the care [...]