Best results come when palliative care needs are identified early in the hospital stay and when there is a significant palliative care presence in the intensive care unit (ICU). To estimate cost savings, the Calculator uses a mix of data you provide-including annual admissions, annual new consults, and total interdisciplinary team (IDT) full-time equivalents (FTEs)-and data reference points from the National Palliative Care Registry™ (summarized in the publication How We Work: Trends and Insights in Hospital Palliative Care), cost savings from national studies, and representative estimates for the average cost per IDT FTE and average billing revenue per episode of care.Ĭalculations assume that a team has adequate staffing of specially trained interdisciplinary staff to provide timely and appropriate care for complex patients, including sufficient follow-up visits.Ĭost savings will vary by institution and are impacted by the service quality of your program and by the mix of patients served by your team. Employers with 50 or more Full Time and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) employees are considered as an ALE (Applicable Large Employer). The projected savings are reductions in direct costs to the hospital for Medicare Part A services. Determine your Applicable Large Employer. The Palliative Care Hospital Impact Calculator is designed to help you project overall cost savings for your inpatient palliative care consult service. The resulting cost savings are an unintended but welcome consequence of providing high-quality care.

Palliative care increases patient and family satisfaction, improves quality, and can help extend survival. Five different calculators that show the staffing requirements for different shift lengths, schedule formats, and weekly hours of work.

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