Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospices Expand, Open In Face Of Reimbursement And Regulatory Pressures
Despite increasing reimbursement pressure and regulatory scrutiny, hospices continue to open and expand.
In Ohio: Columbus Hospice is opening a new 10-bed inpatient unit at Midtown Medical Center West, the former Doctors Specialty Hos-pital. Columbus Hospice is leasing the space for the unit from Columbus Regional Health, the hospital’s parent company, reports the Ledger-Enquirer newspaper.
“The new unit will allow patients from all of our short-term acute care hospital facilities to transition to end-of-life care more quickly and comfortably,” said Columbus Hospice CEO Mike Smajd. Patients will continue to have the option of receiving care at the Hospice House, an inpatient facility with 25 beds that opened in 2000 and expanded in 2010, but now there is a facility closer to hospitals and many doctors’ offices, according to the newspaper.
The cost of renovating the approximately 4,900 square-foot-section of the hospital floor was between $700,000 and $750,000, the Ledger-En-quirer reports.
In Maryland: Hospice of Queen Anne’s has gained permission from the Maryland Health Care Commission to be the sole provider of hospice services in Queen Anne’s, Kent and Caroline Counties, the hospice says on its website. Hospice of Queen Anne’s has “reached an agreement” with University of Maryland Shore Regional Health to take over its hospice services furnished by Shore Home Care and Hospice and Chester River Home Care and Hospice.
In Indiana: Two nurses have opened Dunes Hospice in Valparaiso, reports The Times newspaper. Owners Wendy Warner and Sharon Rigg have more than 50 years combined experience in health care.
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Hospices Expand, Open In Face Of Reimbursement And Regulatory Pressures
Despite increasing reimbursement pressure and regulatory scrutiny, hospices continue to open and expand. In Ohio: [...]
