See an article on 1 year mortality prediction in oncology
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799076
Which reminded me, I meant to do a short blog pointing to a New Yorker article on the boom in hospice fraud, but haven't yet.
Find the NYer article here:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/05/how-hospice-became-a-for-profit-hustle
Ava Kofman, author. https://www.propublica.org/people/ava-kofman
https://twitter.com/brucequinnmd/status/1598497916473159681
Interesting strategies. To keep a profit, maintain as many as possible of the same patients on hospice for years, who have minimal care needs.
To keep your average stats looking good, also enroll as many patients as possible with 2 days to live.
To avoid tracking, just reincorporate every two years.
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