Deaconess Associations Incorporated (DAI) has agreed to acquire 31 home health and hospice agencies – primarily home health – from HCA Healthcare.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has agreed to sell 31 home health and hospice agencies across eight states to Deaconess ...

Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News & World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and editing ...

The Protecting Seniors and Stopping Fraudsters Act is designed to strengthen program integrity in home health and hospice ...

To qualify for home healthcare under Medicare, you’ll need to show that you are “homebound” due to illness and injury via a doctor’s examination and recommendation. However, you’ll first need to be ...

With the medical and surgical advances of recent decades, a growing proportion of children rely on home-based care for daily health monitoring and care tasks. However, a dearth of available home ...

Medicare doesn’t cover home health aides unless your doctor has approved a home health care plan that involves professional services such as skilled nursing care or physical therapy. Share on ...

Many seniors and families are unaware that home-based medical care options exist, and that some services may be covered ...