Omaha, Neb.-based Methodist Hospital will stop providing home health and hospice services in March, and will instead refer patients to the Omaha Visiting Nurse Association, according to Live Well Nebraska.
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Lissy Hu, MD, is the CEO and founder of CarePort Health, a software company which matches patients in need of post-acute care to post-acute care organizations.
A 76-year-old woman with dementia died from hypothermia outside her Ohio nursing home Jan. 6 after spending all night in zero-degree temperatures. Nursing home staff did not realize the resident, Phyllis Campbell, was missing for eight hours and found her…
While providers, patients and payers widely use CMS' Nursing Home Compare site to assess care quality at nursing homes, a major component of the five-star rating system is susceptible to inflation, according to a study published in the journal Productions…
JPMorgan Chase increased its holdings in Kindred Healthcare, a Louisville, Ky.-based acute care provider, to 6.4 percent, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Five Illinois nursing home operators filed a lawsuit against the state's Department of Healthcare and Family Services claiming Illinois' Medicaid rates are inadequate, Reuters reports.
A woman found outside of Pandora, Ohio-based Hilty Memorial Homes, where she lived, died of hypothermia, a coroner confirmed Tuesday, reports WTVG.
Under President Donald Trump, CMS has softened penalties against nursing homes for patient safety errors, according to The New York Times.
Burlington, Vt.-based Yankee Medical, a supplier of medical equipment, joined the Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network to assist patients' transition from inpatient to home care, according to a VT Digger report.
Thomas Nickels, executive vice president of the AHA, sent a letter to the Senate Monday asking lawmakers to reject a 2013 HHS recommendation to expand the hospital transfer payment policy for early discharges to hospice care.