Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Short Hospice Stays A Rising Trend, Not Good For Anyone

Short hospice stays aren’t very useful to patients or payers, but they are a growing trend, according to the results of study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. An increasing number of patients are utilizing hospice services, but only in the final days of their life and after multiple hospitalizations and intensive care unit stays, the study [...]
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