The Business of Hospice Care

Hospice care occupies a specialized and growing niche in the healthcare economy as a comfort to the dying and their families and a potential cost-saver for Medicare. With baby boomers now hitting their seventh decade hospice is expected to become an even more important part of the healthcare landscape according to Wharton faculty and industry analysts. How profitable are hospice-providers what is their long-term business outlook and what are the unique challenges that hospice companies face given strict government regulation amid increasing demand for their services? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.