Hospice News May 22, 2023
Most Americans know how they want their end-of-life care to be handled, but roughly 1 in 3 actually document those plans, a recent study indicates. The result often means a patient’s wishes are unknown or unmet.
In 2021, Cigna Health Insurance entered a partnership with Koda Health to provide a platform for advanced care planning on a national scale. Dr. J.B. Sobol, chief medical officer for Medicare at Cigna, said a study of the company offerings pointed out a gap in coverage.
“One of the deficits that we noted was around advanced care planning, and specifically that 37% of Americans do not have advanced care plans in place,” Sobol told Palliative Care News. “As you look at our population in...
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