Earlier palliative & ACP engagement: cited figures for the payer conversation
A printable one-pager for the value-based-care conversation: four cited figures — ICU-day reduction, per-admission cost avoidance, less aggressive end-of-life care, and family caregiver-burden detection — followed by the why-now context and a path to a 30-minute partnership call.
Reduction in ICU days in the last 6 months of life
Palliative care consultation in the ICU is consistently associated with shorter ICU length-of-stay and fewer terminal ICU admissions — the largest single driver of end-of-life spend on a member-year basis.
Net per-admission cost reduction when palliative care is consulted
Across eight U.S. hospitals with mature palliative care programs, mean net savings of roughly $2,500–$3,000 per admission for patients who died in the hospital — driven by shorter stays, fewer aggressive interventions, and earlier hospice transitions.
Less aggressive end-of-life care for early-palliative patients
In the landmark randomized trial of early outpatient palliative care for metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer, patients had significantly lower rates of aggressive end-of-life treatment and chemotherapy in the final 14 days — without shortened survival.
Validated family caregiver-burden screening
Family caregiver burden is a leading driver of avoidable inpatient utilization — caregiver burnout frequently precipitates ER visits and unplanned admissions. Routine ZBI-12 screening surfaces high-burden families before they reach crisis.
CMS GUIDE and related value-based models are paying for what advance care planning has always promised: fewer unwanted ICU stays, fewer readmissions, earlier hospice enrollment. GentleHorizon delivers that surface privately via localStorage — no PHI leaves the device, no BAA required, and adoption friction drops from enterprise pilot to send the URL.
Bring the cited figures to your value-based-care or hospice strategy lead. We will walk through every number on the call.
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