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Private Equity-Owned Hospices Show Preference for Profitable Medicare Patients and Shift in Clinical Focus, Reveals Study
10/02/2023
Danielle Sposato
This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
This cohort study reveals that...
10/02/2023
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care
08/01/2022
Markian Hawryluk
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.
With more than two-thirds of...
08/01/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Hospice Use Improves End-of-Life Care, Reduces Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries
04/28/2022
Samantha Matthews
Researchers concluded hospice utilization "improves the quality of end-of-life care and is associated with lower health care costs."
Researchers concluded hospice utilization "improves the quality of end-of-life care and is associated with lower health care costs."
Researchers concluded hospice...
04/28/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Engagement in Inpatient Hospice Rises With Opening of Pediatric Hospice Home
04/22/2022
Jolynn Tumolo
The nearby availability of pediatric hospice facilities influenced whether providers and parents sought to use them, findings showed.
The nearby availability of pediatric hospice facilities influenced whether providers and parents sought to use them, findings showed.
The nearby availability of...
04/22/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Hospice Experiences Vary by Care Setting for Patients With Dementia
04/20/2022
Samantha Matthews
Findings show patients with dementia experience different quality of hospice care depending on setting.
Findings show patients with dementia experience different quality of hospice care depending on setting.
Findings show patients with...
04/20/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Sufficient Death Preparedness Associated With Better Mental Health, End-of-Life Care
04/13/2022
Jolynn Tumolo
Patients not sufficiently prepared for death were more likely to undergo chemotherapy and less likely to receive hospice care, according to recent findings.
Patients not sufficiently prepared for death were more likely to undergo chemotherapy and less likely to receive hospice care, according to recent findings.
Patients not sufficiently...
04/13/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Lack of Trained Staff Common Barrier in Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care
03/28/2022
Jolynn Tumolo
Researchers surveyed pediatric hospice and palliative care clinicians to determine the challenges providers face as well as the types of support they would find most helpful. 
Researchers surveyed pediatric hospice and palliative care clinicians to determine the challenges providers face as well as the types of support they would find most helpful. 
Researchers surveyed pediatric...
03/28/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Awareness Needed of Patient, Caregiver Preferences During Last Year of Life
03/21/2022
Jolynn Tumolo
Bereaved caregivers reported several problems during their loved one's last year of life, prompting researchers to recommend integrated hospice and palliative care and individualized treatment.
Bereaved caregivers reported several problems during their loved one's last year of life, prompting researchers to recommend integrated hospice and palliative care and individualized treatment.
Bereaved caregivers reported...
03/21/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Hospice Care Similar or Better for Patients With Huntington Disease
03/11/2022
Jolynn Tumolo
Researchers compared the quality of hospice care for patients with vs without Huntington disease as well as their caregivers. 
Researchers compared the quality of hospice care for patients with vs without Huntington disease as well as their caregivers. 
Researchers compared the quality...
03/11/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Machine Learning Uses Palliative Care Data to Identify Predictors of Illness Transition
02/28/2022
Jolynn Tumolo
Researchers sought to understand whether machine learning could be used to identify patients' palliative status as stable, unstable, deteriorating, or terminal.
Researchers sought to understand whether machine learning could be used to identify patients' palliative status as stable, unstable, deteriorating, or terminal.
Researchers sought to understand...
02/28/2022
Annals of Long-Term Care

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