Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Hospital Closes Agency
Published on Fri Oct 13, 2017
Another hospital-based home health agency has closed. Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise, Oregon, shuttered its HHA last month, reports the Wallowa County Chieftan newspaper. The program had seen a 29 percent patient decline last year and had become unprofitable, according to the Chieftan.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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