tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 18

HHAs: Soaring Gas Prices Squeeze HHA, Employee Budgets

Agencies risk losing staff to eroding compensation, hope for IRS to step in.The return of high gas prices is hitting home health agencies where it hurts--square in the wallet.At press time, the average U.S. gas price was $2.92 per gallon, reports Web site gasbuddy.com. The previous month, the average price was $2.57 and a year ago it was $2.20.Experts predict high gas prices will persist throughout the summer, despite President Bush's recent attempts to address the problem.As they did last summer and fall after Hurricane Katrina, home care providers are...

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