On Jan. 24, 2022, the Stein Hospice Board of Directors approved a letter of intent which will result in Hospice of the Western Reserve (HWR) completing an asset purchase of Stein Hospice after a period of due diligence. A full transition is expected to occur in April 2022...

Teleios Collaborative Network (TCN) announced the addition of Community Nursing Services (CNS) to its Network. CNS is the oldest nonprofit home health and hospice provider in Utah and serves most of the state. “CNS is a premier provider of home health and hospice services...

Just days after the Supreme Court’s decision about requiring health care workers to be
vaccinated, the nation’s health care systems braced for the possibility of some resistance and
more staff shortages—particularly in the states that banned mandates or had none...

A new study suggests seniors over age 70 who receive telehealth visits should also receive in-person visits to supplement their care...

Industry consolidation has been robust in the hospice space, with deal volume and valuations outpacing other health care industry sectors. Most of these transactions involve one for-profit company buying another...

Death certificates have dispelled any doubts about just how devastating the opioid epidemic is. Between May 2020 and April 2021, drug overdoses caused more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S., according to provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics...

Pharmacists are on course to take on more central roles in healthcare, including chronic disease management in the adult patient population, according to a new survey conducted by Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health in conjunction with Express Scripts Pharmacy...

Every day, Dr. Alan Hutchison has to decide which medications to prescribe to patients. But it’s not always as simple as just choosing the best drug...

The new law making smokable medical marijuana legal in Louisiana is getting lots of attention. Last week we talked to law enforcement about their concerns, but now, we’re hearing from suppliers who say there are more customers than products...