House Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1979 Hospice Foundation of America |
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Requester: |
Hospice Foundation of America Hospice Foundation of America |
Organization: |
Hospice Foundation of America |
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Project Title: |
Hospice Foundation of America |
Date Submitted: |
01/27/2000 7:17:50 PM |
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District Member: |
Carlos Lacasa |
Service Area: |
Statewide |
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Counties Affected: |
{Statewide} |
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Recipient: |
Hospice Foundation of America |
Contact: |
David Abrams |
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777 17 Street #401 |
Contact Phone: |
(305) 538-9272 |
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Miami Beach 33139 |
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Project Description: |
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Expand the utilization of hospice for terminally ill Medicaid recipients in order to enhance the last days of dying patients, while reducing Medicaid expenditures. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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Educate pysicians who treat Medicaid patients on the medical and cost benefit of hospice. The Medicaid program will experience reduced expenditures for patients at the end of life. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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Increased hospice referrals; increased knowledge of end of life issues; reduced state expenditures in Medicaid program. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$397,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$500,000 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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Is there Local Government or Private match for this request? |
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Yes |
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Cash Amount: |
$51,500 |
In-Kind Amount: |
$51,500 |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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No |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$400,000 |
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Purpose for future year funding: |
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Recurring Operations |
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Will this be an annual request? |
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Yes |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Yes |
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Documentation: |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Study to Understand Prognosis and Preferences for Outcomes and... |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
No |
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