Caregiver-Reported Quality in Hospices Owned by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Companies

Caregiver-Reported Quality in Hospices Owned by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Companies
JAMA; by Alexander E. Soltoff, Mark Aaron Unruh, David G. Stevenson, Dio Kavalieratos, Robert Tyler Braun; 12/17/24
The US hospice industry has shifted from not-for-profit to for-profit ownership models, producing concerns about
care quality... Hospices owned by private equity firms (PEFs) or publicly traded companies (PTCs) performed significantly worse across CAHPS measures relative to not-for-profit and non-PEF/PTC for-profit agencies... These findings raise questions as to how patients are affected when PEFs and PTCs own hospices and suggest the need for greater transparency and accountability of hospice ownership.
Publisher's note: Also see related articles by these authors: Acquisitions of Hospice Agencies by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Corporations, JAMA Internal Medicine, 8/21; Changes in Diagnoses and Site of Care for Patients Receiving Hospice Care From Agencies Acquired by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Companies; JAMA Network Open, 9/23.