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Harden Healthcare acquires Voyager HospiceCare, combined company to provide healthcare services in 13 states

Harden Healthcare announced today the purchase of Voyager HospiceCare. Headquartered in Austin, the combined company will provide healthcare services in 13 states and will employ approximately 32,000 full-time and part-time associates in nearly 200 locations.

5 Aug 2010

National Research acquires OCS through stock purchase agreement

National Research Corporation today announced it has acquired, via stock purchase agreement, Outcome Concept Systems, Inc., a privately-held healthcare informatics firm, in an all-cash transaction.

4 Aug 2010

Amplicare introduces new Mobile Companion

Amplicare, a market leader in web-based Hospice, Home Health and Skilled Nursing applications for marketing extends their reach into mobile devices with Amplicare's new Mobile Companion.

31 Jul 2010

Gentiva Health Services second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297.1 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported second quarter 2010 results.

29 Jul 2010

Expanded Kindred Hospital Sacramento opened in Folsom, California

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. today announced the opening of the newly constructed and expanded Kindred Hospital Sacramento in Folsom, California, and the expansion of its Peoplefirst HomeCare and Hospice business in Boston, Massachusetts, and Denver, Colorado.

29 Jul 2010

Chemed second-quarter consolidated revenues increase 6.7% to $315.0 million

Chemed Corporation, which operates VITAS Healthcare Corporation, the nation's largest provider of end-of-life care, and Roto-Rooter, the nation's largest commercial and residential plumbing and drain cleaning services provider, reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010, versus the comparable prior-year period.

29 Jul 2010

Odyssey Healthcare second-quarter net patient service revenue increases 3.5% to $176.2 million

Odyssey HealthCare, Inc., one of the largest providers of hospice care in the United States, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

29 Jul 2010

Addus HomeCare acquires operations, certain assets of Advantage Health Systems

Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of comprehensive in-home social and medical services, announced today the acquisition of the operations and certain assets of Advantage Health Systems, Inc., which provides these services in South Carolina and Georgia.

27 Jul 2010

CMS awards Jurisdiction 15 Medicare Parts A and B Administrative Contract to CGS

CIGNA Government Services, L.L.C. announced that it has been awarded the Jurisdiction 15 Medicare Parts A and B Administrative Contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

26 Jul 2010

Securing universal access to HIV prevention, care, treatment and support

The biennial meeting of the global AIDS community concluded today with clear evidence of tangible progress in HIV research and programme scale up, yet facing an urgent need for increased resources, the protection of human rights, and broader use of scientifically sound prevention strategies. Delegates and organizers depart Vienna - where the conference opened 18 July under the theme of Rights Here, Right Now -- with a renewed commitment to push for securing universal access to HIV prevention, care, treatment and support.

23 Jul 2010

Senior Smart introduces online tool for seniors looking for quality assisted living facilities

In response to the "graying of America" phenomena, Senior Smart announced today the inception of http://www.assisted-living-info.org, an online tool that provides the perfect match between families and seniors actively looking for assisted living and quality assisted living facilities nationwide.

23 Jul 2010

Gentiva preliminary second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported preliminary operating results for the second quarter ended July 4, 2010. A conference call to discuss these preliminary results will be held on July 21, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The Company will issue its final 2010 second quarter and six months financial results on July 29, 2010.

21 Jul 2010

International Health News: German hospitals worry over end of compulsory military service; Britain tops study on end-of-life care

The Wall Street Journal: German hospitals are worried that the end of compulsory military service could hurt their workforce as most young German men end up fulfilling their duties there and in other public-service venues. "Increasingly … conscription's main impact has little to do with military training at all.

19 Jul 2010

Patient advocacy groups, home medical associations call for end to Medicare competitive bidding program

In a letter signed by 58 patient advocacy groups and home medical equipment associations, the American Association for Homecare urged Congress to pass H.R. 3790, a bill to repeal the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment in a budget-neutral manner. The bill currently has 252 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives.

17 Jul 2010

Study finds substantial regional variation in treatment practices for older adults with ESRD

There is substantial regional variation in treatment practices for care of older adults with end-stage renal disease, including receipt of hospice care and discontinuation of dialysis before death, according to a study in the July 14 issue of JAMA.

14 Jul 2010

HFA announces launch of new Hospice Information Center

Hospice Foundation of America is pleased to announce the launch of its newest educational offering, the Hospice Information Center for families, friends and professionals. This centralized resource is part of "HFA CARES: Hospice Foundation of America's Conversations, Advice, Resources and Education Series," funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and can be found at www.hospicefoundation.org/infocenter.

13 Jul 2010

Length of average Medicare-certified hospice stay in nursing home doubled: Study

Researchers at Brown University have found that the length of an average Medicare-certified hospice stay in a nursing home has doubled during the last 10 years. The study, which will appear in the August issue of The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, evaluated hospice use in U.S. nursing homes between 1999 and 2006. It found the typical treatment time has increased from 46 to 93 days. The researchers cited a standard daily payment rate for most Medicare hospice enrollment days as an incentive for some of the longer stays.

9 Jul 2010

HFA launches Hospice Information Center for families, friends and professionals

Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) is pleased to announce the launch of its newest educational offering, the Hospice Information Center for families, friends and professionals. This centralized resource is part of "HFA CARES: Hospice Foundation of America's Conversations, Advice, Resources and Education Series," funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and can be found at www.hospicefoundation.org/infocenter.

7 Jul 2010

Governors urge Congress to extend emergency Medicaid funds

At a press conference in Washington Wednesday, "10 governors said they had already cut millions from their budgets since the recession hit at the end of 2007, and that if the funds were not approved in coming weeks they would have to slash funding for services like hospice care or preschool programs," Reuters reports.

2 Jul 2010

More awareness about advance care planning, and hospice and palliative care

Recent media coverage on the challenges patients and families face with overtreatment of a life-limiting illness brings the issues of hospice and palliative care and advance care planning to public attention.

30 Jun 2010

Hospice News and Research

Harden Healthcare acquires Voyager HospiceCare, combined company to provide healthcare services in 13 states

National Research acquires OCS through stock purchase agreement

Amplicare introduces new Mobile Companion

Gentiva Health Services second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297.1 million

Expanded Kindred Hospital Sacramento opened in Folsom, California

Chemed second-quarter consolidated revenues increase 6.7% to $315.0 million

Odyssey Healthcare second-quarter net patient service revenue increases 3.5% to $176.2 million

Addus HomeCare acquires operations, certain assets of Advantage Health Systems

CMS awards Jurisdiction 15 Medicare Parts A and B Administrative Contract to CGS

Securing universal access to HIV prevention, care, treatment and support

Senior Smart introduces online tool for seniors looking for quality assisted living facilities

Gentiva preliminary second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297 million

International Health News: German hospitals worry over end of compulsory military service; Britain tops study on end-of-life care

Patient advocacy groups, home medical associations call for end to Medicare competitive bidding program

Study finds substantial regional variation in treatment practices for older adults with ESRD

HFA announces launch of new Hospice Information Center

Length of average Medicare-certified hospice stay in nursing home doubled: Study

HFA launches Hospice Information Center for families, friends and professionals

Governors urge Congress to extend emergency Medicaid funds

More awareness about advance care planning, and hospice and palliative care

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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