(ALBANY, N.Y.)Stethoscope? Check. Bandages and medications? Check. Money for fuel? Uh-oh. U.S. home health care workers, particularly those in rural areas, are suffering from financial headaches...READ MORE
(WASHINGTON)Gentiva Health Services Inc., a home health care services company, spent $203,290 lobbying in the first quarter on health issues. The Melville, N.Y.-based company lobbied on legisl...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of home health care companies are rising Thursday after investment firm Blackstone Group agreed to buy Apria Healthcare Group in a deal said to be worth $1.6 billion.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)The winners in the final version of the Senate's Medicare reform bill should include ambulance providers, diagnostic lab operators and dialysis providers, analysts say.READ MORE
Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, May 1, from the AP Financial Desk: NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Novatel Wireless Inc. climbed Thursday ahead of the wireless modem maker...READ MORE
Among the earnings stories for Thursday, May 1, from AP Financial News: PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP)_ Hotel operator Wyndham Worldwide Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit dropped...READ MORE
Among the earnings projection stories for Thursday, May 1, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ Beauty-products maker Elizabeth Arden Inc. on Thursday said it expects weak deman...READ MORE