I worked for AseraCare for five years and another hospice for three. Although it was a large company, most of the branches were small and (I assume) unprofitabl

I worked for AseraCare for five years and another hospice for three. Although it was a large company, most of the branches were small and (I assume) unprofitable. Hospice is a very tough business until economies of scale take hold above 100 or 200 concurrent patients. I never saw any fraud and have tremendous respect for the clinicians. It was a bad work environment though because of unrealistic expectations put on the executive directors to grow grow grow. In five years I worked for five executive directors locally, and five CEOs at the national level.