ORLANDO – More than 1.5 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice care for at least one day during 2018, a 17% jump in about four years. While hospice care is useful and compassionate, especially when focusing on quality of life for terminally ill patients, there’s a problem that looms: At least 14% of Medicare recipients enrolled in hospice stayed there for more than 180 days.
AI, machine learning can drive better hospice utilization
