Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2508 Hospice Medicaid Education Project
Requester:	David Abrams		Organization:		Hospice Medicaid Education Project
Project Title:	Hospice Medicaid Education Project		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 8:02:55 PM
District Member:	Ronald Silver		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	Hospice Foundation of America		Contact:		Abrams David
	777 17th Street		Contact Phone:		(305) 538-9272
	Miami Beach, Florida 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 physicians who treat patients on the medical and cost benefit of hospice. The Medicaid program will experience reduced expenditures for patients at 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:	$100,000		In-Kind Amount:		$100,000
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:	Studt to Understand Prognosis and Preferences for Outcome of Risk Treatment
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						No