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Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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JACKSON, Mich., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Careline Hospice is pleased to report that the most recent data (Third Quarter 2020), released by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reveals Careline Hospice to lead the best-of-the-best hospice care providers in Michigan as measured by the number of home visits provided to hospice patients under their care, in the last seven (7) days at end-of-life.
Careline Hospice ranks in the top 1.5 percent of all 132 Michigan Hospices and is one of two Michigan Hospice Companies providing more than 8½ home visits to patients in their last seven days at end-of-life.