Encompass Health: Home healthcare, hospice likely to bounce back from pandemic by later this year
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 12, 2021
Encompass Health is expecting home healthcare and hospice census to return to pre-pandemic levels by the second half of the year.
NPHI implores Congress to extend Medicare sequestration moratorium another year
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 28, 2021
The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation is still waiting to hear from congressional leaders about its request to extend the suspension of the 2% Medicare payment cuts through the...
Encompass Health expects separation of home health and hospice by year’s end
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 29, 2021
A full or partial separation of Encompass Health’s home health and hospice business from its rehabilitation hospitals is all but guaranteed by the end of this year.
Hospice model ‘significantly’ benefits people living with dementia: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2022
Hospice care significantly benefits assisted living residents and other people living with dementia, underscoring the need to ensure access to high-quality end-of-life care for this growing population,...
Preparing assisted living workers for resident death can improve job satisfaction, end-of-life care:...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 03, 2023
Preparing assisted living direct care workers for the emotional effects of losing a resident in their care could improve job satisfaction for them and quality of end-of-life care for residents, according...
Intermountain and SCL merger brings expanded home health to six states
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 20, 2021
The mega merger of Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health could bring expanded home health services to patients in a half dozen western states.
Encompass Home Health and Hospice CEO stepping down
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 05, 2021
Change is coming to the top of Encompass Health’s Home Health and Hospice division. One of the largest home health companies in the United States announced Friday that division CEO April Anthony will...
VNA to sell home health, hospice operations to Amedisys
By
Liza Berger
May 11, 2021
Citing the need for for outside investors to sustain its business, Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), a 125-year-old nonprofit that serves the Omaha, NE, and Council Bluffs, IA, communities today disclosed...
Advance care plan discussions need to happen earlier for those with dementia: study authors
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 04, 2022
Older adults living with dementia need to be given more and earlier opportunities to discuss their care-related wishes as they approach the end of their lives, according to the authors of a recent study...
Senior Helpers franchise now offers free caregiver training for community, staff
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 01, 2021
A Senior Helpers franchise is opening a state-of-the-art training center in Mesa, AZ, to better prepare the local community of caregivers and its own staff for the rigors of in-home care.