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Comprehensive hospice inspections by state agencies, which average just under three years, are rare compared to inspections of other health care providers, a HuffPost analysis found. Nearly 400 hospices haven’t undergone a full certification inspection in more than six years. Use the tool box below to learn more about hospices in your area.
"Today [in the U.S.] nearly three quarters of hospice agencies operate on a for-profit basis. The sector has become so lucrative that in recent years private equity firms and publicly traded corporations have been snapping up previously nonprofit hospices at record rates. This... has had pernicious effects on hospice care in the U.S." (p. 68.)
They are one of the largest home health providers and second largest hospice care provider in the United States. Amedisys provides in-home skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology, medical social work, home aides, and hospice and bereavement services, with 11 million patient care visits in 2011. [4]
The organization was the first hospice program in Northeast Florida and one of a few operating programs in the state when Florida began granting hospice licenses in 1981; [1] Community Hospice received their license in 1983 [2] and in 2008, assisted nearly 1,000 patients daily [3] and more than 6,000 patients a year.
The east metro’s first inpatient hospice residence is closing. The Pillars, an eight-bed residence that provides a home-like setting for hospice patients in their last days and months, opened on ...
Five people were arrested this week in Los Angeles over an alleged scheme to bilk the Medicare program of more than $15 million using 'sham hospices.'