Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

35-Year-Old Hospice Facility Closes Its Doors

Not everyone is opening an inpatient hospice unit. Hospice of St. John in Lakewood, Co., is closing its 35-year-old inpatient unit due to sequestration cuts and thin profit margins, reports The Denver Post. The 2 percent reduction cost the 44-bed hospice facility $250,000, it says. The hospice will continue its home care services. Denver Hospice will lose about $1 million [...]
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