Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

Proportion Of Hospice Chains Providing Medicare Services Shoots Up Over Last Decade

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 [...]
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