House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1979

Hospice Foundation of America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Hospice Foundation of America Hospice Foundation of America

Organization:

Hospice Foundation of America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Hospice Foundation of America

Date Submitted:

01/27/2000 7:17:50 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Carlos Lacasa

Service Area:

Statewide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

{Statewide}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Hospice Foundation of America

Contact:

David Abrams

 

777 17 Street #401

Contact Phone:

(305) 538-9272

 

 

Miami Beach 33139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expand the utilization of hospice for terminally ill Medicaid recipients in order to enhance the last days of dying patients, while reducing Medicaid expenditures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Increased hospice referrals; increased knowledge of end of life issues; reduced state expenditures in Medicaid program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$397,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$51,500

In-Kind Amount:

$51,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Study to Understand Prognosis and Preferences for Outcomes and...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

No