To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Do the hospices get a lump sum per patient, or per patient per day?
To: The Red Zone
Hard to say.
I'd have o assume (since ALL medical is on a per day, per needle, per sheet of toilet paper basis, that the charge goes tot he insurance company (trust fund - supposedly, unless the lawyer/hospice director was bleeding BOTH Terri and the Hospice dry!) is "per day"
1,004 posted on
10/22/2003 9:32:58 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: The Red Zone
Fixed $, per PT, per day. In addition, most hospices have a policy of caring for any PT, regardless of ability to pay.
However, hospice care is separate from "room and board" in an inpatient facility, such as she is in.
1,318 posted on
10/23/2003 6:22:57 AM PDT by
MindBender26
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