{
  "id": 17858170,
  "title": "Medicare spending rises after private equity buys hospices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/medicare-spending-rises-after-private-equity-buys-hospices",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-02T21:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-medicare-private-equity-buys-hospices.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A study of for-profit hospices acquired by private equity firms found that Medicare spending rose by 5.9% per hospice stay after acquisition, compared with similar for-profit hospices that weren't acquired. The increase was driven mainly by longer stays, with the average length of stay rising by 6.3 days. This was likely related to shifts toward patients who use less daily care, including a…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}