Federal regulators should increase scrutiny of private equity activity in the hospice space, according to the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). NPHI is a membership organization comprising more than 100 nonprofit, community-integrated hospice and palliative care providers from 38 states and the District of Columbia. “We wish to emphasize that it is not NPHI’s position to oppose all PE associated activity in the hospice market,” the organization indicated in its comments. “However, we believe further scrutiny of the performance of PE associated activity is warranted to ensure that all Medicare beneficiaries receive the quality of hospice care to which they are entitled. The research cited above suggests that may not always be the case.”
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Source: https://hospicenews.com/2024/06/11/nphi-increase-scrutiny-of-pe-hospice-transactions