Hospice News December 14, 2021
During 2021 hospice providers took their first concrete steps towards value-based payments while contending with a global pandemic. Industry consolidation proceeded apace, and the appetites of private equity buyers for hospice assets have not diminished. The health care system and the hospice community also continue to grapple with the challenge of addressing inequitable access and quality of health care while struggling to fill their ranks of employees.
These factors will continue to shape the hospice and palliative care during 2022.
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