Thursday, November 12, 2026 - Updated Daily
Thursday, November 12, 2026 - Updated Daily
PBS is planning on airing a segment tomorrow (Tuesday, July 30) on its program Frontline, highlighting Assisted Living care in the United States (titled “Life and Death in Assisted Living”). Much of the content focuses…
Among the improvement laggards in the current slow economic recovery was the real estate sector of the economy. Despite record low borrowing rates, home sales seemed stuck in neutral even as positive GDP growth resumed,…
As a wrap to my two previous articles regarding recent fraud and False Claims Act suits and issues in the hospice industry, a concluding piece is warranted. As I have written before, the fraud issues…
On May 5, the U.S. Department of Justice released its most recent complaint (legal suit filed in Federal court) against Chemed, the corporate parent of Vitas. The complaint is a False Claims Act suit. Briefly…
Over the past couple of months or so, I’ve watched rather intently, the developing storm clouds in the Hospice industry. Suffice to say, what is now apparent takes the form of a perfect storm. For…
In spite of best intentions, wicked winter weather across the middle U.S. has kept me off-track a bit and thus, I haven’t quite met my goal of having these all published by Valentine’s Day. Below…
The smallest provider centric benefit (by outlay) under Medicare is also one of the fastest growing in terms of expenditures and agency growth. Lately, it’s arguably become the most controversial in terms of payment and…
As luck would have it, work interfered with my plans to have all of the industry outlooks for this year complete and published by February 1. Good news: Ground work is done now I just…
I have a schedule or table if you prefer, of 2013 Part B Therapy Rates applicable to common SNF codes. It is applicable as user selects, for the entire U.S. As rates are only available…
Happy New Year! Now that I’m back in the saddle, so to speak, and semi-organized after a holiday break and vacation the time has come to take a look at where health care is and…
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