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VNA Shutters Medicare HHA Business

Published on Fri Aug 16, 2013

A 45-year-old nonprofit VNA is closing its home health agency unit due to lower reimbursement, increased regulatory demands and stiff marketplace competition, reports the El Paso Times. The Visiting Nurse Association Home Healthcare and Hospice of El Paso will continue operating its hospice, private duty and Medicaid divisions, it told the Texas newspaper. Its 180 home care patients will either [...]
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