tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 10

Hospice - Study: Hospice Costs More Than Traditional Care

Could newly revealed data mean hospices will lose favor with regulators, lawmakers?A surprising new study could spell bad news for hospice providers."Patients who choose hospice care cost the federal Medicare system more than patients who use only traditional medical care," says a study conducted by RAND Corp.Medicare expenses were 4 percent higher in the last year of life for beneficiaries who elected the hospice benefit compared to patients who received traditional fee-for-service medical care, says the study of 250,000 beneficiaries who died from 1996 to 1999.Medicare did save money on cancer patients when...

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