MedCity News March 10, 2025
Houston Methodist Coordinate Care is reducing costs through a partnership with Koda Health, a digital platform that guides patients through their end-of-life choices. Preliminary findings show the technology resulted in a 19% reduction in the total cost of care for patients at the end of their life, which equals nearly $9,000 in savings per patient.
A quarter of Medicare spending occurs during the final year of a patient’s life. Billions of those dollars go toward care that is misaligned or unwanted, which is often due to a lack of planning for end-of-life preferences and processes.
Planning for end-of-life care is something many people want to avoid thinking about — but it’s necessary. Planning not only ensures that a patient’s...
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