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Jul 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The SEC is investigating whether the companies pushed patients into extra, sometimes unnecessary, home-health care visits in order to hit a threshold level that secured them thousands more in reimbursements

Jun 26 2010

2010 Potpourri XXIII

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Once more into the breach with the Saturday health care roundup, including medication adherence, monitoring patients' health status in their homes, Massachusetts' reform update and insurance costs, hospitals' economic contribution,…

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May 28 2010

Yahoo Finance

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Gentiva’s Odyssey buy sector game changer

May 27 2010

eHealthNews.eu

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Intel announced at the World Congress for Information Technology that it will be expanding availability of the Intel® Health Guide in Europe

May 25 2010

Washington Post

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And a study published this year found that high caregiving strain among spouses increased the risk of strokes by 23 percent

May 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Gentiva Health Services Inc. has agreed to acquire Odyssey HealthCare Inc. for nearly $1 billion, a combination that will create the largest U.S. home health and hospice provider.

May 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Home health care generally costs less money than institutionalizing developmentally disabled people – but the political reality is that it’s easier to cut back home services

May 14 2010

Washington Post

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Shares of four home health care providers tumbled after the Senate Finance Committee raised questions about patient visits to deliberately trigger higher Medicare reimbursements

May 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation into the practices of Amedisys Inc. and three other companies that provide in-home therapy visits reimbursed by Medicare.

Apr 29 2010

MarketWatch

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American HomePatient, one of the nation’s largest home health care providers, announced that it has entered into an agreements to complete transactions that are intended to result in a going-private transaction

Apr 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Home health care—treating sick patients in their homes rather than paying for costly hospitalizations—is the fastest growing area of the health-care industry, aimed at saving billions of dollars every year.

Apr 09 2010

BusinessWire

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More than $7.5 billion was committed to fund 459 mergers and acquisitions of home health care companies announced during the 10-year period ended December 31, 2009

Mar 29 2010

Washington Post

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In 2006, CMS tried to limit unjustified billing in the ultra-high categories. But the effort backfired when nursing home operators found a loophole that made it easier to put residents in those categories.

Jan 22 2010

Journal of General Internal Medicine

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Family caregivers play a major role in maximizing the health and quality of life of more than 30 million individuals with acute and chronic illness.

Jan 19 2010

Professional HealthCare

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Professional HealthCare, a leading provider of home nursing, rehabilitation therapy, hospice and personal caregiver services announced its acquisition of Home Health Services

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