Care to AIDS patients: the cost impact on Medicare.
Medicaid is currently providing necessary services to approximately 40 percent of AIDS sufferers who have no other sources of payment and met eligibility requirements of the program. For those AIDS patients, states can exercise current Medicaid Program flexibility in adopting innovative delivery systems to provide high quality care in the most cost-effective setting. This will enable Medicaid-eligible AIDS sufferers to receive care in a wide range of settings and hopefully alleviate as much suffering as possible during the course of the disease. HCFA will continue to monitor the effects on Medicaid of care provided to AIDS patients by seeking current and relevant information from all available sources. This will enable us to better estimate the cost impact to the Medicaid program of providing care to Medicaid-eligible persons with AIDS.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States