Stock Report: Gentiva Health Services Inc. (GTIV) Report Updated: Jun 17, 2013 | Print This Page

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. provides home health services and hospice services in the United States. It offers skilled nursing and therapy services and paraprofessional nursing services to adult and elder patients through licensed and Medicare-certified agencies. The company also provides its services through specialty programs comprising Gentiva Orthopedics, which offers individualized home orthopedic rehabilitation services to patients recovering from joint replacement or other major orthopedic surgery; Gentiva Safe Strides that provides therapies for patients with balance issues; and Gentiva Cardiopulmonary, which helps patients and their physicians manage heart and lung health in a home-based environment. In addition, its specialty programs include Gentiva Neurorehabilitation, which helps patients who have experienced a neurological injury or condition by removing the obstacles to healing in the patient’s home; and Gentiva Senior Health that addresses the needs of patients with age-related diseases and issues. Further, the company offers consulting services, such as operational support, billing and collection activities, and on-site agency support to home health agencies. Additionally, it provides hospice services through Dementia Specialty Program that offers an individualized disease management program addressing the physical needs of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients; Cancer Specialty Program, which provides pain and symptom management for patients with cancer; Cardiac Specialty Program that helps patients and their physicians manage symptoms associated with heart disease; and Pulmonary Specialty Program, which addresses the needs of patients who have experienced a respiratory crisis. The company offers its hospice services primarily in the patient’s home or other residence, such as an assisted living residence, nursing home, and in a hospital. Gentiva Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.