For-Profit Hospice

For-profit hospices serve more extended-stay patients, are more likely to exceed Medicare cap than nonprofits, study finds
For-profit hospices serve more extended-stay patients, are more likely to exceed Medicare cap than nonprofits,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 26, 2014

For-profit hospices serve more extended-stay hospice patients than nonprofits, and are much more likely to file claims that exceed Medicare’s aggregate annual cap for the hospice benefit, according...

For-profit hospices select patients who require less care, study shows
For-profit hospices select patients who require less care, study shows
Feb 03, 2011

For-profit hospices might be admitting more low-cost, lucrative patients, who require less skilled-care than non-profit hospices, a study released Wednesday suggests. Additionally, for-profit agencies...