Home Health & Hospice Week
Massive Catholic Health System Consolidates Home Care Businesses In 7 States
The largest Catholic health system in the world, Ascension Health, has fully integrated its home health, infusion, and hospice operations into seven-state subsidiary Ascension at Home, reports Crain’s Detroit Business newspaper. “We are on pace to provide over 1 million home health visits in 2018 in seven states,” Ascension at Home’s Darcy Burthay told the newspaper. “We serve nearly 1,000 hospice patients each day and employ over 2,300 associates in our home care programs.” One goal of Ascension at Home is to reduce hospital readmissions. In markets where Ascension doesn’t have a home health or hospice agency, the health system would be open to partnering with existing agencies, Burthay indicated to Crain’s.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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