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Home health ranks among most profitable franchises
Home health ranks as one of the most profitable franchises, according to market research firm Franchise Business Review . It's not just a trend but very good business, company President Michelle Rowan
Tablet pilot streamlines patient data input
A recent successful pilot project shows how hospitals can begin extending tablets outside their walls. Home health agency Great Lakes Caring completed two 24-clinician test projects this summer that
Home health after hospitalization can cut costs, readmissions
The use of home health care for chronically ill patients after they leave the hospital can reduce Medicare spending and readmissions, concludes a new study by Avalere Health, LLC. Discharging
MedPAC recommends copays for home health care
Expect an uproar from the AARP in the coming days regarding a new recommendation issued by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Thursday that would require seniors receiving home health
$2.5 trillion spent on healthcare in 2009
Healthcare spending in 2009 grew four percent, the smallest rise in half a century according to a new CMS report on national health spending released Wednesday. The relatively small increase was due
Home health could prevail over facility-based care
Although healthcare has been concentrated in hospitals, clinics and other facilities over the past century, a Cleveland Clinic physician, Dr. Steven Landers, believes home healthcare is where the
NY tentatively votes to cut healthcare spending by $2.3B
The New York state legislature has voted to cut health care spending by as much as $2.3 billion, which is about $1.2 billion less than Gov. David Patterson's original recommendations. If the budget
