Industry Notes:
Proportion Of Hospice Chains Providing Medicare Services Shoots Up Over Last Decade
Published on Thu Jan 29, 2015
If you need proof that the hospice industry is changing rapidly, look to a study published in the January issue of Health Affairs. In 2011, nearly half of all Medicare hospice enrollees were served by a multi-agency chain, says a study by researchers from Vander-bilt University and Harvard Medical School. That’s up from about 25 percent a decade before, notes [...]