1. 2017 Louisiana Hospice Report
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2015 Medicare Information
4/18/17

2. 2015 Hospice Utilization - Louisiana (Medicare Hospice Deaths / Total Medicare Deaths)2

3. 2015 Demographics & Hospice Utilization
Louisiana
Mississippi
National
Population
4,670,724
2,992,333
321,289,621
Total Deaths
43,124
29,802
2,624,325
Medicare Beneficiaries
833,491
587,646
56,824,047
Medicare Beneficiary Deaths
32,804
24,800
2,174,722
Medicare Hospice Beneficiary Admissions
22,332
61.8% of Medicare deaths
15,429
62,2% of Medicare deaths
1,381,850
64% of Medicare deaths
Medicare Hospice Beneficiary Deaths
15,630
47.7% of Medicare deaths
9,904
39.9% of Medicare deaths
1,012,761
46.6% of Medicare deaths
Medicare Hospice Total Days of Care
1,778,073 Days
1,259,572 Days
94,755,434 Days
Medicare Hospice Mean Days / Beneficiary
Medicare Hospice Median Days / Beneficiary
80 Days
28 Days
83 Days
31 Days
69 Days
23 Days
Medicare Hospice Total Payments
Medicare Hospice Mean Payment / Beneficiary
$260,080,958
$11,649
$181,316,556
$11,962
$15,733,056,939
$11,391 3

4. 2005-2015 Hospice Utilization 11 Year Trend
Note: Hospice Utilization= Medicare Hospice Deaths / Total Medicare Deaths. 4

5. 2005-2015 Hospice Mean Days of Care 11 Year Trend5

6. 2005-2015 Hospice Median Days of Care 11 Year Trends6

7. 2015 Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries Top Six ICD-9 PRIMARY Diagnoses (out of 19 categories)7

8. 2015 Medicare Hospice Percentage of Days x LOS8

9. 2015 Medicare Hospice Percentage of Days x LOS9

10. 2015 Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries Status at Discharge

11. Thank you
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