The Shield Story Shield HealthCare was founded in 1957 as a small prescription pharmacy business and has since developed not only as a leading provider of incontinence, urology, ostomy, enteral nutrition, and wound products, but also as a partner in the day-to-day lives of our customers. The Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company purchased Shield in 1990, and in 2006 the… Continue reading History of Shield HealthCare

Our Ostomy Lifestyle Specialist, Laura Cox, regularly receives ostomy FAQs through our Ask Laura feature and our Facebook community.

Learn how the new Quality of Patient Care Star Rating System will affect your agency and how to improve your rating. This recorded webinar is free.

Helpful links and resources for families of children with special needs.

Many insurers have proposed premium hikes greater than 10% for individual health plans sold in 2016, citing higher-than-expected care costs and other...

Home Health Policies and Procedures to Lower Rehospitalization By Nathan Hope for MyHomecareBiz.com A recent report has shown that home health agencies are outperforming their post-acute counterparts as a whole in terms of rehospitalization rates. Data released last Wednesday by the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation shows that home health agencies have markedly… Continue reading Home Health Policies and Procedures to Lower Rehospitalization

What is the New Home Health Compare Star Ratings System? Currently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) informs the public about Home Health Agencies (HHA) by providing written material about each agency. Starting in July of 2015, the CMS will begin compiling that information into an easy-to-understand Star Ratings System available to the… Continue reading An Introduction to the New Home Health Compare Star Ratings

In this informative webinar, health care professionals and caregivers will learn about the latest fall risk factors and more.