Home Health & Hospice Week
Texas-Based Chain, Rhode Island Provider Open, Enlarge Inpatient Facilities
Hospice facilities continue to open and grow. For example: Rhode Island’s only freestanding hospice center has increased its capacity by 25 percent by adding six beds to its 24-bed facility, reports The Boston Globe. Prior to HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center’s expansion in Providence, many patients were being put on a wait list for inpatient hospice, CEO Diana Franchitto told the newspaper. Like most other hospices, the center is facing staffing challenges, Franchitto acknowledged. Side note: Last month, Community VNA became part of HopeHealth, forming HopeHealth Community VNA, the hospice and home care provider reports. The VNA will retain its location in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Another example: Heart to Heart Hospice in Houston is opening a new Hospice Inpatient Center there next month, it says in a release. Dallas-based Heart to Heart operates 52 locations in Texas, Michigan, and Indiana, it says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
2023 OASIS-E Implementation Date Riles HHAs
The pandemic is still hitting agencies hard, agencies tell CMS. Medicare is backtracking on its [...] - Assessment:
Check Out All The New Items That Would Come In OASIS-E
Will CMS drop some of the proposed items this time around? Unless Medicare makes changes [...] - Hospice:
Proposed Survey Hit List Has Multiple Red Flags, Commenters Maintain
Implementing SFP too early could be catastrophic. Among the many survey changes on deck for [...] - Medical Review:
F2F Kills Most HH Claims In One MAC’s Post-COVID Review
For hospice, terminal prognosis continues to be providers’ Achilles heel. Targeted Probe and Educate medical [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Health Worker Vaccination Rates Catch Press Attention
TV station profiles patients rejecting unvaccinated home care nurse. While lawsuits over COVID vaccination mandates [...] - Industry Notes:
Eligible Patients Wait For Hospice Availability
When hospice agencies and their representatives urge the feds to tread lightly with new mandates [...] - Industry Notes:
Finding It Difficult To Ascertain Your Revalidation Due Date? Use One MAC's Tips To Help
Medicare revalidation is back in action. Do you know how to check when your number [...] - Industry Notes:
S. C. Private Equity Firm Enters Hospice Market With Acquisition Of 2-State Provider
Mergers and acquisitions kept up their fast and furious pace in the third quarter of [...] - Industry Notes:
HHH MACs Reach Out To Home Health, Hospice Workers To 'See Something, Say Something' Regarding Potential Fraud On The Job
“See Something, Say Something” isn’t just for Homeland Security anymore. HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS [...] - Industry Notes:
Texas-Based Chain, Rhode Island Provider Open, Enlarge Inpatient Facilities
Hospice facilities continue to open and grow. For example: Rhode Island’s only freestanding hospice center [...]
