http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/business/healthy-growth-in-hospice-profits/689/ Healthy growth in hospice profits By Peter Whoriskey, Dan Keating and Tobey Dec. 26, 2013 California provides a portrait of how hospice profits have grown. Since 2002, annual net profits have grown by more than tenfold after adjusting for inflation -- from $25 million to $265 million, according to a Washington Post analysis of state filings.
SOURCE: Washington Post analysis of hospice facility annual utilization data, 2002-12, from the Healthcare Information Division of California's office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.