Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Counties Close Their HHAs, Hospices

Shrinking margins are leading to more home care closures. Example #1: Logan County, Ohio is closing its county-run home health agency, reports The Bellefontaine Examiner. Due to increased competition, “we weren’t receiving as many referrals and as many patients, so it just wasn’t financially feasible for us to keep going with home health,” a county official said, according to the [...]
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