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Brief Project Abstract, HRSA/HAB
Special Project of National Significance, 1994 - 1999
Visiting Nurse Association of Los Angeles - David A. Cherin, Ph.D., Project Administrator, 101 South First Street, Suite 407, Burbank, CA 91502; 818.526.1780 (phone), 818.526.1788 (fax), or email at dcherin@vnala.org.
Grant Title: AIDS Special Care Program: A Capitation Baseline Demonstration Project.
Project Period: 10/94-09/97.
Description: This project will focus on AIDS patients. A database program will be developed which will test the feasibility of providing a comprehensive, capitated reimbursement system. This system will compare service utilization, costs of care, quality of life, and patient outcomes of approximately 1,000 AIDS-infected clients under a fee-for-service Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement system and a condition-based Medicare/Medicaid capitated hospice. The project will also provide a fuller continuum of care and test the model on a broader population base. To accomplish this, an effort will be made to remove barriers to hospice utilization by AIDS patients through patient and physician education as well as broadening AIDS hospice eligibility requirements.
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