Home Health & Hospice Week
3 Providers Will Merge To Form 15-State Chain
Great Lakes Caring, National Home Health Care, and Jordan Health Services plan to merge, they say in a recent release. The merger "will strategically position the newly combined company as one of the nation's largest providers of home-based care," they say. The newly combined company will serve more 63,000 patients daily, employing more than 31,000 caregivers across 15 states in 221 locations, they say. "The company will retain corporate headquarters in Michigan, Connecticut and Texas, and operate in service lines," they add. NHHC, through its four operating subsidiaries, provides nursing care, personal care, and other services in the Northeast; Great Lakes furnishes home health and hospice services in six states in the Midwest and three in New England; and Dallasbased Jordan provides personal care, case management, skilled nursing, therapy, and hospice services to about 37,000 patients in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
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CoP Changes To Competency Evals For Aides Put HHAs At Survey Risk
Are your patients willing to be bathing guinea pigs? More than four months into implementation [...] - Compliance:
Know Your Aide Competency Requirements
Observation is required for these subject areas. Under §484.80 Condition of participation: Home health aide [...] - Hospice:
Prepare To Get More Detailed In Your Hospice Cost Report
Note this big change to reporting drug costs. Newly released hospice cost report revisions may [...] - Finance:
Report Costs For These Lines, Or Else
New Level 1 edits make these cost report lines mandatory. Without costs recorded on these [...] - Regulations:
Medicare Rolls Out Electronic Signatures For Cost Reports
New option applies to all providers' reports. To take advantage of Medicare's new electronic signature [...] - Industry Note:
Weigh Your M1060 Options Carefully
Using previous measurement as last resort. For the first time since April 2016, Medicare has [...] - Industry Note:
West Virginia Leads In Hospice PEPPER Downloads, While Utah Trails Last. Where Does Your State Stand?
If you aren't sure how to best use your newly updated hospice PEPPER report and [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Home Health Spending To Climb 78% In Next Decade, CBO Predicts
Position yourself to benefit from growth in Medicare home health spending. The Congressional Budget Office [...] - Industry Note:
Kindred Buyers Announce Major Hospice Acquisition
The same group of purchasers making the massive Kindred at Home acquisition are planning another [...] - Industry Note:
3 Providers Will Merge To Form 15-State Chain
Great Lakes Caring, National Home Health Care, and Jordan Health Services plan to merge, they [...] - Industry Note:
Learn The Ropes To ID Claims Suspensions
Are suspended claims confusing you and holding up your reimbursement? You can get a clue [...]
