Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
National Chain Expands Med Cert Presence In FL
Published on Tue Aug 03, 2010
• Accessible Home Health Care has achieved Medicare and Medicaid certification of its South Miami Dade County, Fla. location. In July, Coral Springs, Fla.-based Acces-sible announced its intention to beef up its Med cert presence and become a one-stop shop for home care needs (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XIX, No. 28, p. 224). Accessible, a division of Valiant Healthcare Inc., has 97 locations in 24 states. "If you are going to be in the home health care business, you should be in a position to maximize all revenue sources and take care of all of the needs of the patients," Accessible president Mirella Salem says in a release.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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