In search of financial viability: hospital-based v. freestanding home care.
In the continually changing and perpetually unpredictable nature of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, many hospitals and health care systems are rethinking their relationships with their affiliated home care and hospice programs. As the books of many of these programs show an increasing amount of red ink, many hospitals are spinning off their home care and hospice services into independent entities with their own individual operating structures. This article provides insight into one health care system's transitioning of its home care services into a freestanding entity.
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Pat
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Laff Associates, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA. bgabriel@nahc.org
Steding
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