Bay Area Hospital announced plans last Friday, June 16, to discontinue its home health services on its road to financial recovery. As part of the hospital's financial turnaround plan, it lists the high cost of temporary labor during the pandemic, increased expenses and falling insurance reimbursement rates as the reason they need to eliminate the service. Hospital CEO Brian Moore says Medicare reimbursement rates in particular don't keep pace with inflation. He says the change will reduce costs while increasing efficiency at BAH.
