Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
increase in home-based care delivery. HCC scores are designed to predict the costs associated with a patient’s care. Patients with lower HCC scores often need hospice care for longer periods of time, though their care needs may be less intensive or complex. rise in dementia patients and a 5.3%
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
“While we found that hospice length of stay was longer for those enrolling from the community vs hospital or nursing home settings, we overall found that hospice length of stay among MA enrollees was only slightly longer than for those in [traditional Medicare].” This is close to half of all Medicare beneficiaries.
Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2023
But perhaps ironically, patients with longer hospice stays may ultimately save payers more money due to reductions in high acuity and other aggressive forms of care in a patients’ final year of life. Recent data show that hospice stays of six months or longer can reduce health care costs in a patient’s last 12 months by as much as 11%.
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