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The Secret Sauce: 3 Home-Based Care Companies Keys To Accelerated Growth

Home Health Care

Serving seniors with dementia One of the aforementioned companies is Friendly Faces Senior Care, a Houston, Texas-based provider that has set itself apart by specializing in delivering care to patients living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The company offers medical and non-medical services on a private-pay basis.

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Palliative Care in Medicaid — Costing Out the Benefit: Actuarial Analysis of Medicaid Experience

NASHP

This type of care is focused on providing relief from both the symptoms and stress of the serious illness with the goal of improving quality of life for both the patient and their family. At a minimum, Optumas believes it is reasonable to assume that implementation of palliative care would be cost neutral to a state Medicaid program.

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Long-Term Care Pharmacy Billing: An Ultimate Guide

Etactics

One of the most important services to consider when evaluating a long-term care facility is what pharmacy they work with. An LTC pharmacy provides specialized medication services/management for long-term care patients. Services can include: Daily delivery of medications in secure medication carts.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

They argue that private equity’s playbook, while it may work in some industries, is ill suited for health care, when people’s lives are on the line. The firms have made inroads into ancillary services such as diagnostic and urine-testing and software for managing billing and other aspects of medical practice.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

They argue that private equity’s playbook, while it may work in some industries, is ill suited for health care, when people’s lives are on the line. The firms have made inroads into ancillary services such as diagnostic and urine-testing and software for managing billing and other aspects of medical practice.

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