Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Chain Makes Hospice Buy
Published on Thu Mar 10, 2016
National home care chain LHC Group has acquired the assets of Heartlite Hospice, a subsidiary of Hospice of America Inc., the Lafayette, La.-based for-profit says in a release.
Heartlite has two locations in the Certificate of Need state of Alabama and two in Georgia, and has annual revenues of about $6.8 million, the release says.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Medical Review:
MACs Deny 92% Of Claims Under F2F Probe $ Educate
One MAC’s rate is a staggering 97 percent. Your reimbursement may be doomed under face-to-face [...] - Regulations:
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Know what you can help with, and what you can’t. Under the new face-to-face documentation [...] - Face-To-Face:
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Don't Hold Your Breath For F2F Changes
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Warning: Just receiving the physician’s documentation isn’t enough. If you want your claims to be [...] - Education:
Bone Up On F2F With These Resources
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Chain Makes Hospice Buy
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MAC Lends Helping Hand For Hospice Overlap Disputes
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