‘Explosive’ Healthcare Spending at End of Life Uncommon Posted on June 20, 2016 by henrykotula Posted in Uncategorized Tagged CMS, End of Life Healthcare, Health Policy, Medicare, Out of Pocket Expenses, US Healthcare Spending Leave a comment http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/explosive-healthcare-spending-end-life-uncommon?spMailingID=9084486&spUserID=MTMyMzQyMDQxMTkyS0&spJobID=941950601&spReportId=OTQxOTUwNjAxS0 A study of spending patterns finds end-of-life healthcare spending begins far earlier than the last few months of a patient’s life. Nearly half the Medicare patients studied had high spending throughout the entire final year of life. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related