Monday, March 23, 2009

Editorial - Costly Home Health Care - NYTimes.com

 

Editorial - Costly Home Health Care - NYTimes.com

Health care reformers have long advocated providing more care to patients in their own homes or communities instead of treating them in costly institutions like hospitals and nursing homes. So it is disturbing to learn that charges have risen well above reasonable levels in one segment of the home health care market — short-term care provided to Medicare beneficiaries after, or sometimes instead of, hospitalization. The problem is compounded by fraud…..

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