Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Health System Sheds HH

Another hospital system has shuttered its home health and hospice units. Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon has handed over its home health business to multi-state chain Signature Healthcare based in Wilsonville and its hospice business to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice in Albany, reports The Newport News-Times. A Samaritan Health spokesperson cited declining reimbursement levels as a reason for discontinuing provision [...]
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