The Hospice Cost Profile compares your program’s per diem expenses against those reported by selected providers and against your state’s averages. You select the providers you want in the comparison. The comparative data are visualized in ranking charts for the most recent year and in trendline graphs for each provider for 2000 to 2010. These public data are arguably one of the largest repositories of expense-related data available. The Hospice Cost Profile is a logical companion to the Hospice Market Atlas™ and includes costs associated with all patients served regardless of payer source.

You will be able to compare

• costs for inpatient hospice care
• costs for visiting services
• costs for other program services
• costs for non-reimbursable services
• costs for chemotherapy and radiation therapy

For details on what is contained in the report please, view the cost report sample.

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Question: Can we offer reports that are broken down thusly:

1. Provide comparisons to all other providers in the state?
2. Provide comparisons to national data?
3. Provide comparisons just to non-profits or just to for profits?
4. Provide comparisons just to “independent” providers?
5. Provide comparisons to provider based hospices?

YES we can do that. The reports are currently setup to compare with the selected provider set and with the state average. We could add those other comparisons if desired.