The new health care law will likely mean that home-health agencies will take a bit of a financial hit. The decrease is small (about 2.5%) but may result in half of all Medicare home-health agencies operating in the red. As reported by Bloomberg:   Medicare payments to home health agencies such as Amedisys Inc. (AMED) and Gentiva Health Services Inc. (GTIV) would fall by more than $400 million, or 2.3 percent, in 2012 under a U.S. regulation issued today.  … Continue reading →