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After rumors of a sale, the nonprofit Alive Hospice will stay just that — a nonprofit.

Rumors have swirled for weeks, with the organization's founders and some of its biggest boosters criticizing a possible sale.

Supporters want to keep Alive Hospice from being sold to a for-profit company. The sale is still just rumored. But a new coalition wants to "Keep Alive alive" and says it must remain a non-profit.

There's concern about the future of Alive Hospice. Managers will neither confirm or deny rumors the non-profit is to be sold to a for-profit company. But supporters fear what that would mean.

Countless lives in Middle Tennessee have ended peacefully with the help of Alive Hospice, but the founders worry that standard of care will decline if the rumors they're hearing are true.

After former leaders heard rumors of a deal, they were rebuffed by the current CEO of the pioneering hospice

After founders and former leaders heard rumors of a sale, they were rebuffed by the current CEO of the pioneering hospice