https://www.debt.org/medical/hospice-costs/
More Fraud practiced by St. Joseph's Hospital
- Patient must be 65 years or older
- Diagnosed with a serious illness
- Certification from a doctor that he or she has six months or less to live
- Agrees to forgo life-saving or potentially curative treatment
- Hospice provider must be Medicare-approved
Hospice costs not covered by Medicare
- More reason's Medicare was Fraudulently billed
- Room and board
- Emergency care such as ambulance fees or emergency room costs
- Treatment or prescription drugs attempting to cure illness
In 2009, Medicare paid $55 million for doctor and hospital bills incurred during the last two months of patients’ lives. Hospital inpatient charges exceed $6,200 per day, and costs to maintain someone in an ICU can reach up to $10,000 per day. Skilled nursing facilities were reimbursed at a rate of approximately $622 per day.
In comparison, total hospice spending for Medicare in 2016 was $16.8 billion, with an average cost of approximately $12,000 per patient. Medicare does not limit payments for hospice care for individuals, but enforces an aggregate cap for agencies of about $24,500 per beneficiary.
Medicare paid an average of $153 per day, per person, in 2016 to cover hospice care, in the following categories:
- Routine home care – $193 per day for services that patients need on a day-to-day basis.
- Continuous home care – $41 per hour for services during crises or at least eight hours a day to manage acute symptoms.
- Inpatient respite care – $173 per day to relieve unpaid caregivers on an occasional basis for no more than five days at a time.
- General inpatient care – $744 per day for care that cannot be provided in other settings.
Now I know why Medicare wasn't billed under Hospice/Palliative Care. Medicare Fraud!
The Hospital made more money off the Murder of my Husband by NOT claiming as Hospice/Palliative care!
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