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ELIZABETHTON — After winning the title as the best technical college in Tennessee in 2022, the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton is under new leadership this academic year, but its

Private equity firms are transforming hospice care and might be jeopardizing patient care in the process.

Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift over the past decade, with more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide now operating as for-profit entities. The

Expect hospice care to go the way of privately-owned nursing homes, now that private equity is geting its claws into the industry.

Private equity firms are seeing opportunities for profit in hospice care. The investment companies are transforming the industry -- and might be jeopardizing patient care in the process.