Some home care services may foster frailty, whereas PT prevents decline, data show
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2021
Frail elders who enrolled in a state Medicaid HCBS and used home nurse services were more likely to experience functional decline than those who did not. Their peers who received physical therapy were...
Hospital readmissions double Medicare expense, more likely from certain settings, analysis shows
Jul 24, 2012
Medicare expenditures for beneficiaries who are readmitted to the hospital within 60 days are twice as high as expenditures for beneficiaries who aren’t readmitted, a new analysis sponsored by the...
Study highlights cost-effectiveness of home healthcare as post-acute setting
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 09, 2012
When home healthcare is used as the first post-acute care setting after a hospital stay, it was found to be the most cost-effective care setting, new research suggests.
Gentiva to acquire hospice provider Odyssey for $1 billion
May 25, 2010
Home health and hospice provider Gentiva Health Services Inc. plans to acquire hospice provider Odyssey HealthCare Inc. in a transaction valued at more than $1 billion.