Alzheimer's disease & related dementias among Medicare beneficiaries [2015]

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DEMENTIAS
AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES

GEORGIA, 2015

Georgia Department of Public Health / 1

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DEMENTIAS
AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DEMENTIAS
AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary...................................................................................... 4
Background.................................................................................................................................................................................4 Benefits of a State Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Registry................................................5 Goals for the ADRD Registry in Georgia..............................................................................................................5 Sources of Data for the Registry...............................................................................................................................5 2013 Medicare Data Overview.....................................................................................................................................6
Prevalence of ADRD among Medicare Population, Georgia, 2013............. 8
Prevalence by Age................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Prevalence by Sex..................................................................................................................................................................9 Prevalence by Race...............................................................................................................................................................9 Prevalence by Geographic Location..................................................................................................................... 11
Death among ADRD Patients 12 ........................................................................................................................
Underlying and Contributing Causes of death among beneficiaries with ADRD.......... 14
Chronic Diseases among ADRD Patients...................................................15 Service Utilization among Medicare Beneficiaries with ADRD, Georgia, 2013 18 ....................................................................................................................................................................
Hospice Care Utilization................................................................................................................................................ 18 Home Health Agency Utilization............................................................................................................................ 18 Carrier services (Part B Non-Institutional Claims)................................................................................ 19
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1 Georgia Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias State Plan Task Force, Georgia Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias State Plan, June, 23, 2014, https://dhs.georgia. gov/sites/dhs.georgia.gov/files/ GARD-PLAN.pdf
2 OCGA 31-2a-17, 2014, LexisNexis. http://web.lexisnexis.com/ research/xlink?app=00075&view= full&interface=1&docinfo= off&searchtype=get&search= O.C.G.A.+%A7+31-2A-17SEARCH= O.C.G.A.+%A7+31-2A-17

Background
DURING THE 2013 GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE SESSION, the Georgia General Assembly created the Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan Task Force (GARD) to meet during the following summer. The Task Force was charged with creating a State Alzheimer's Disease Plan, including recommendations to collect statewide data to inform the evaluation and care infrastructure. All four legislative healthcare committee chairs and state health agency commissioners served on the Task Force and chaired issue-specific subcommittees. The Department of Public Health Commissioner, Brenda Fitzgerald, MD., chaired the Healthcare Research and Data Collection Subcommittee which included clinical and state agency stakeholders. One goal for the Subcommittee was to identify and make recommendations about using surveillance data to enhance Alzheimer's awareness and inform action in public health programs and state planning.1 The Subcommittee found that there was a paucity of data about Alzheimer's disease and related Dementias in Georgia and that no central repository for these data exists. Furthermore, this has created a barrier to estimating accurate Alzheimer's disease and related dementias prevalence rates in Georgia to inform planning, research, and reporting efforts. One key recommendation was to establish a statewide Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Registry that will provide accurate current data to address these urgent needs.
During the 2014 Georgia Legislative Session, legislation to establish an ADRD Registry within the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) (HB 966) was introduced and subsequently passed (O.C.G.A 31-2a-17).2 As a major proprietor of health data in Georgia, DPH is uniquely situated to house such a registry. Given its existing footprint in the areas of health policy and promotion, DPH was identified as a prime coordinator of stakeholders and partners in the registry planning and development effort.
DPH has partnered with the Division of Aging Services within the Georgia Department of Human Services and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) to convene stakeholder meetings including more than 40 internal and external partners:
- Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Aging - Georgia Alzheimer's Association - Georgia Hospital Association - Medical Association of Georgia - State Legislators - Georgia Department of Community Health (Medicaid, State Health Benefit Plan) - West Virginia and South Carolina Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Registry Staff - Carl Vinson Institute, University of Georgia - University of Georgia, College of Public Health - Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health - Members of the healthcare provider community

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Benefits of a State Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Registry
- Provide legislators, State planners and administrators, and members of the private sector with accurate data that will enable informed planning for current and future healthcare and social service needs (e.g. nursing home beds, adult day care, etc.).
- Provide a resource for Georgia researchers to secure National Institute for Health (NIH) funding and establish an environment that will attract clinical trial and biotechnology investments, and create new jobs.
- Serve the people of the State of Georgia by guiding efforts to educate the public on ADRD and serve as an information clearing house on ADRD for patients and caregivers.
- To further serve Georgians by supporting cutting edge clinical research into more effective treatments for dementing diseases.
Goals for the ADRD Registry in Georgia
- Collect and disseminate usable data to inform programs and services for the aging population.
- Determine the burden of ADRD among Georgians.
- Identify epidemiologic trends.
- Bring awareness at the state level to issues of ADRD and increase the potential for positive statewide health outcomes and influence the management of associated healthcare costs.
- Inform stakeholders for planning and for future registry needs.
Sources of Data for the Registry
Medicare State Health Benefit Plan Nursing Home Data Emergency Room Visits data Physicians reporting Portal Medicaid Georgia Regents Health Plan Hospitalizations Data Vital Records data
*The current report is based on Medicare data only.
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2013 Medicare Data Overview
......................................................................................................................................................................................

112,430 - Approximately

Medicare beneficiaries in Georgia had ADRD diagnoses as of 2013.

......................................................................................................................................................................................

20,700 18.4 percent - Of those diagnosed with ADRD, about

(representing

) died during 2013.

......................................................................................................................................................................................

- Among beneficiaries with ADRD who died during 2013, the median number of months from diagnosis
33 of ADRD to death was about months.

......................................................................................................................................................................................

91,772 - There were

Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD diagnosis who were alive in Georgia at the end

6.4 percent of 2013. This represented ADRD prevalence of

among the Medicare beneficiaries

at the end of 2013.

......................................................................................................................................................................................

1 in 3 - Approximately

Medicare beneficiaries 85 years and older in Georgia had ADRD diagnoses.

......................................................................................................................................................................................

- Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD diagnoses had more chronic conditions than the general Medicare population in Georgia. ......................................................................................................................................................................................

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Although ADRD is not a normal part of aging, increasing age is the greatest known risk factor. The majority of people with ADRD are 65 years and older but there are those who have early onset of ADRD, beginning as early as age 40.
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PREVALENCE

Although ADRD is not a normal part of aging, increasing age is the greatest known risk factor. The majority of people with ADRD are 65 years and older but there are those who have early onset of ADRD, beginning as early as age 40.

Prevalence of ADRD among Medicare Population, Georgia, 2013
IN GEORGIA, as of 2013, there were approximately 112,430 Medicare beneficiaries with diagnosed ADRD. Approximately 20,700 (representing 18.4 percent) of Georgia Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD died during 2013.
There were approximately 91,772 beneficiaries with ADRD diagnosis in Georgia who were alive as of December 31, 2013. This represented ADRD prevalence of 6.4 percent among the Medicare beneficiaries in Georgia.
As of December 31, 2013, of those with diagnosed ADRD, approximately 45 percent had Alzheimer's disease. The prevalence of ADRD among the Medicare population in Georgia differed by age, sex, race and geographic locations.

Prevalence by Age

In Georgia, at the end of 2013, the median age at ADRD diagnosis among the Medicare beneficiaries was 78 years. The prevalence of ADRD among this population increased with increasing age, with the highest prevalence being among seniors 85 years and older. The ADRD prevalence in this group was approximately 28 percent.

Overall, Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD were older than those without ADRD. While the mean age of beneficiaries with ADRD was 80 years, the mean age of the beneficiaries without ADRD was 69 years as of December 31, 2013.

PREVALENCE

Prevalence of ADRD among Medicare Beneficiaries, By Age, Georgia 2013
40

30

27.6

20
10
1.4
0 UNDER 54

3.0
55-64YRS

2.5
65-74YRS

10.6
75-84YRS

85+ YRS

Among the beneficiaries with ADRD, the mean age at ADRD diagnosis was different by sex and race; it was lower for males (73 years) than for females (76 years), and lower for blacks (73 years) than for whites (76 years), Asians (76 years) or Hispanics (75 years).

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Like other chronic diseases, ADRD is not randomly distributed in the population. It is more common in certain demographics than others, such as older adults and women.
ADRD disproportionately affects women in both prevalence and severity. The biologic mechanisms underlying these sex differences, is however, not fully understood.3

Prevalence by Sex

Mean Age at ADRD Diagnosis among Medicare

In Georgia, at the end of 2013, ADRD was

Beneficiaries, by Sex, Race and Ethnicity, Georgia 2013

more common among female Medicare

beneficiaries (7.7 percent) than their male

90

counterparts (4.8 percent). However, the mean age at diagnosis was lower for males (73 years) than for females (76 years).

80
72.7
70

76.3

75.9

72.5

76.3

74.8

60

Prevalence by Race The prevalence of ADRD among the Geor-

50 MALES

FEMALES

WHITE

BLACK

ASIAN

HISPANIC

gia Medicare population during 2013 was

higher among whites than blacks, Asians or Hispanics. This is in contrast to the high prevalence of ADRD

reported among blacks in other studies4. In addition, the mean age at ADRD diagnosis among blacks (73

years) was lower than those observed in the other racial groups (76 years for whites, 76 years for Asians and

75 years for Hispanics).This is in contrast to the high prevalence of ADRD reported among blacks in other studies.4

3 Carter, C.L., et al., Sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease: recommendations for future research. J Womens Health (Larchmt), 2012. 21(10): p. 1018-23. O.C.G.A.+%A7+31-2A-17

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PREVALENCE

PREVALENCE

Prevalence of ADRD among Medicare Beneficiaries, by Race and Ethnicity, Georgia 2013
20

15

10
7.9
5

7

6.5

4.8

0 WHITE

BLACK

ASIAN

HISPANIC

Prevalence of ADRD among Medicare Beneficiaries, by Sex and Age, Georgia 2013

MALES

FEMALES

40

The prevalence of ADRD is higher among blacks than in whites. Some studies have suggested that older blacks are about two times more likely than older whites to

PREVALENCE

30

20

10

1.4

1.4

0 UNDER 54 YRS

3.0

2.9

55-64 YRS

2.3

2.7

65-74 YRS

30.2
21.8
11.9 8.9

75-84 YRS

85+ YRS

have Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.4
4 Alzheimer's and Public . Health Spotlight: Race, . Ethnicity, & Alzheimer's . Disease. 2013 [cited 2015 11/02]; Available from: http://alz.org/ documents_custom/ public-health/ spotlight-raceethnicity.pdf.

PREVALENCE

Prevalence of ADRD among Medicare Beneficiaries, by Age, Race and Ethnicity, Georgia 2013

WHITE

BLACK

ASIAN

HISPANIC

40

30

27.6 28.3

28.8

23.9

20

12.1 10.4

10.9

10

6.9

1.5 1.2 1.3 1.2 3.0 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.3 3.4 1.4 2.5

0

UNDER 54 YRS

55-64 YRS

65-74 YRS

75-84 YRS

85+ YRS

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Prevalence by Geographic Location

In Georgia, at the end of 2013, the prevalence of ADRD among Medicare beneficiaries was lower among residents of the metro Atlanta areas except for the DeKalb Public Health District. The South (Valdosta) and Southeast (Waycross) Public Health Districts had ADRD prevalence exceeding 7%.
ADRD PREVALENCE BY PH DISTRICT

DADE

CATOOSA

WALKER

WHITFIELD

FANNIN
MURRAY 1-2
GILMER

CHATTOOGA

GORDON
1-1

FLOYD

BARTOW

PICKENS CHEROKEE

TOWNS UNION

RABUN

LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH

WHITE

HABERSHAM STEPHENS

2
HALL

BANKS

FRANKLIN

JACKSON

MADISON

HART ELBERT

LESS THAN 6.4% 6.4%6.9% 7.0%7.5%

POLK HARALSON
CARROLL HEARD

BARROW

PAULDING

COBB
3-1

DOUGLAS

FULTON

GWINNETT

3-5
DEKALB

3-4

WALTON

ROCKDALE

3-2

CLAYTON
3-3

FAYETTE

HENRY

NEWTON

COWETA

JASPER

SPALDING

BUTTS

CLARKE OCONEE

OGELTHORPE

10

WILKES

LINCOLN

MORGAN

GREENE

TALIAFERRO

McDUFFIE (1)

WARREN (1)

PUTNAM

HANCOCK

GLASCOCK

COLUMBIA RICHMOND (1)
6

TROUP

4
MERIWETHER

PIKE

LAMAR

MONROE

JONES

BALDWIN

JEFFERSON WASHINGTON

BURKE (1)

HARRIS

UPSON TALBOT (1)

BIBB (O.5)

5-2

WILKINSON

CRAWFORD

TWIGGS

JOHNSON

JENKINS EMANUEL (1)

1-1 Northwest (Rome) 1-2 North Georgia (Dalton) 2 North (Gainesville) 3-1 Cobb-Douglas 3-2 Fulton 3-3 Clayton (Jonesboro) 3-4 GNR (Lawrenceville) 3-5 DeKalb 4 District 4 5-1 South Central (Dublin) 5-2 North Central (Macon) 6 East Central (Augusta) 7 West Central (Columbus) 8-1 South (Valdosta) 8-2 Southwest (Albany) 9-1 Coastal (Savannah) 9-2 Southeast (Waycross) 10 Northeast (Athens)
SCREVEN

MUSCOGEE (4) CHATTAHOOCHIE

MARION

TAYLOR

PEACH

7

MACON (1)

HOUSTON

BLECHLEY (1)

LAURENS

5-1

TREUTLEN

SCHLEY

DOOLEY

PULASKI

DODGE

MONTGOMERY

WHEELER

TOOMBS

STEWART

WEBSTER

SUMTER

CRISP

WILCOX

TELFAIR

CANDLER

BULLOCH

EVANS TATTNAIL

QUITMAN

TERRELL

LEE

RANDOLPH

TURNER

BEN HILL

JEFF DAVIS

APPLING

LONG

EFFINGHAM

BRYAN

CHATHAM (8)

LIBERTY (1)
9-1

CLAY

CALHOUN

DOUGHERTY (1)

EARLY MILLER

BAKER 8-2
MITCHELL

SEMINOLE

DECATUR

GRADY

WORTH

IRWIN TIFT

COFFEE

BACON
9-2

BERRIEN

ATKINSON

COLQUIT

COOK
8-1

LANIER

THOMAS

BROOKS

LOWNDES (2)

CLINCH

WARE

WAYNE PIERCE
BRANTLEY
CHARLETON

McINTOSH GLYNN (1) CAMDEN

ECHOLS

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DEATH

1 in 3 seniors dies with ADRD. ADRD is the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S. It is also the only cause of death in the top 10 in the U.S. that cannot be prevented, slowed down or cured.5
5 Alzheimer's Association. 2015 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures. 2015 [cited 2015 11/5/2015]; Available from: https://www.alz.org/facts/ downloads/ff_infographic_2015.pdf.

Death among ADRD Patients
WHEREAS 3.9 PERCENT of the overall Georgia Medicare beneficiaries died during 2013, 18.4 percent of those with ADRD died during the year.
On average, at death, Georgia Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD were older than the general Medicare population. Whereas the mean age at death was 84 years for beneficiaries with ADRD, the mean age at death for the overall Medicare beneficiaries was 77 years.
The median time from ADRD diagnosis to death was approximately 33 months (or 2 years and 9 months).
This median time was different for the different age groups. Among beneficiaries with ADRD that died during 2013, the time from diagnosis to death was shorter for younger adults than older adults. Similarly, the time was shorter for males than was for females as indicated by the figure below. There was less variability in the median time between ADRD diagnosis and death by race.

MEDIAN TIME IN MONTHS

Median Time from ADRD Diagnosis to Death among Medicare Beneficiaries, Georgia 2013

50 40 30 20
9
10

41 31

18

18

0

UNDER 54 55-64 YRS 65-74 YRS 75-84 YRS

85+ YRS

38 25

MALE

FEMALE

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PERCENT

Proportion of Medicare Beneficiaries with ADRD who Died during 2013, by Sex, Race and Ethnicity, Georgia 2013

50

40

30

20

18.9

17.2

12.0

11.9

10

20.1 17.5

0 WHITE

BLACK

ASIAN

HISPANIC

MALE

FEMALE

Proportion of Medicare Beneficiaries with ADRD who Died during 2013, by Age Group, Georgia 2013

50

40

30

20

10

7.5

0 UNDER 54

11.0
55-64 YRS

12.0
65-74 YRS

16.2
75-84 YRS

24.6
85+ YRS

PERCENT

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DEATH

Underlying and Contributing Causes of death among beneficiaries with ADRD
Among Georgia Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD who died during 2013, 30 percent had ADRD listed as the primary cause of death. The remaining 70 percent died from other conditions such as ischemic heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia/flu, and sepsis as the primary cause of death. Of the 70 percent who died from causes other than ADRD, about 13 percent had ADRD listed as a contributing cause of death on their death certificates.

Top 10 Causes of Death among Medicare Beneficiaries with ADRD, Georgia 2013

OTHER DEMENTIA

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

9.22 8.38

HEART FAILURE

5.74

CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE

5.23

KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DISEASES

3.78

PNEUMONIA/FLU SEPSIS

2.7 2.17

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE BRONCHUS

2.1

CEREBORVASCULAR DISEASE

1.03

0

5

10

15

20.66

20

25

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CHRONIC DISEASES
Individuals with ADRD also tend to have other coexisting chronic conditions such as hypertension, coronary heart diseases and congestive heart failure. These coexisting conditions may exacerbate cognitive symptoms and may also make them more difficult to treat effectively.6
6 Maslow, K., Dementia and serious coexisting medical conditions: a double whammy. Nurs Clin North Am, 2004. 39(3): p. 561-79.
Chronic Diseases among ADRD Patients WE ESTIMATED the proportion of Georgia Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD and those without ADRD that had at least one of the ten common chronic conditions. These ten conditions were: hypertension, hyperlipidemia, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, anemia, chronic kidney disease, depression, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Higher prevalence of these comorbidities was observed among Georgia beneficiaries with ADRD compared to those without ADRD. In Georgia, at the end of 2013, among Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD, only 8 percent did not have any of chronic diseases listed above whereas among beneficiaries without ADRD, 45 percent did not have any of the chronic diseases listed above. Three out of four (3/4) and almost one out of two (1/2) beneficiaries with ADRD had hypertension and dyslipidemia, respectively. Over 50 percent of the beneficiaries with ADRD had four or more of the ten chronic diseases listed whereas only 20 percent of beneficiaries without ADRD had four or more of the ten chronic diseases listed on previous page (page 14).
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CHRONIC DISEASES

Number of Chronic Diseases among Medicare Beneficiaries, with and without ADRD, Georgia 2013

WITH ADRD

WITHOUT ADRD

50
45.2
40

30

20
10 8.0
0 ZERO

11.4 9.7

13.3 11.9

15.4 11.5

15.6 8.5

13.4 5.4

10.3 3.2

7.3 1.7

4.4 0.8

2.1 0.3

0.6 0.1

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

PERCENT

Comparison of the Top 10 Common Chronic Conditions among Medicare Beneficiaries with and without ADRD, Georgia 2013

WITH ADRD

WITHOUT ADRD

PERCENT

80 75.6

60

48.1

39.2
40

39

35.7

38.1

40.6

30.9

31.1

31.2

27.2

20

19.0

19.2

16.5

13.5

10.3

8.9

7.5

0 HYPERTENSION

HYPERLIPIDERMHIAEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

DIABETES

HEART ATTACK

ISCHEMIC

ANEMIA

KIDNEY DISEASE

CHRONIC

DEPRESSION

HEART FAILURE

CONGESTIVE

17.9 6.9
COPD

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SERVICE UTILIZATION

The total cost of hospice care among Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD during 2013 was over $312 million.
The total cost of home health agency services among Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD in Georgia during 2013 was over $157 million.

Service Utilization among Medicare Beneficiaries with ADRD, Georgia, 2013
ADRD IS ONE OF THE COSTLIEST chronic diseases to society. Individuals with ADRD are high users of health care, hospice and long term care. The spending on ADRD patients is also higher compared to those without it. It is estimated that the average per person Medicare spending for individuals with ADRD is almost three times higher compared to the spending for those without ADRD.7
Hospice Care Utilization
Approximately 20,000 Georgia Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD used hospice care during 2013.
Hospice care was utilized 85,791 times by the beneficiaries with ADRD. This represented 54 percent of all the hospice care services utilized by the Medicare beneficiaries in Georgia during 2013.
Of the beneficiaries with ADRD who died during 2013, about 62 percent utilized hospice care.
The total cost of hospice care among beneficiaries with ADRD during 2013 was $312,469,867. This amount represented about 56 percent of all Hospice care spending among Georgia Medicare beneficiaries during 2013.
Considering that less than 8 percent of the Medicare beneficiaries in Georgia had ADRD during 2013, the utilization of 56 percent of all hospice expenditure on this population was remarkable.
Home Health Agency Utilization
In Georgia during 2013, 29,040 Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD utilized home health agency services.
The median number of times beneficiaries received home health service was 14 times during the calendar year.
The total count of home health visits that Georgia Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD received during 2013 was 57,597 costing an estimated $157,360,000.
7 Alzheimer's Association. Cost of Alzheimer's to Medicare. 2015; Available from: http://act.alz.org/site/ DocServer/2012_Costs_Fact_Sheet_version_2.pdf?docID=7161.G.A.+%A7+31-2A-17

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Carrier services (Part B Non-Institutional Claims)
In Georgia during 2013, among the Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD, over 95 percent utilized Medicare non-institutional services. (See box at right for explanation of services).
The overall cost associated with non-institutional services for beneficiaries with ADRD in Georgia during 2013 was $502,540,063.
The category of services with the largest cost was called "evaluation and management (EM)", which included cost from services such as anesthesia, dialysis services, oncology procedures, eye procedures, and major cardiac procedures.

COST IN MILLIONS USD

Medicare Part B Claims among Beneficiaries with ADRD, Georgia 2013

$250.0

$222.1

$200.0

$150.00 $100.0

$95.5

$50.0

$0.0 EM

OTHER

$82.5
PROC

$34.7
IMG

$34.0
LABTST

$25.8
DRUG

$7.7
ASC

$0.3
DME

EM= Evaluation & management; PROC= Procedure; IMG= Imaging; LABTST= Laboratory or tests; DRUG= Drug Part B (including chemotherapy, immunization); ASC= Ambulatory Surgical Center;
DME= Durable Medical Equipment; OTHER= Other Part B non-institutional

The carrier claims include data for Non-Institutional providers such as physicians, physician assistants, clinical social workers, nurse practitioners, independent clinical laboratories, ambulance providers, and freestanding ambulatory surgical centers.

DATA SOURCE: This report is based on the 2013 Medicare data for Georgia. The dataset was received from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The report is based on the analysis of data for fee-for-service institutional and non-institutional Medicare claims data. Those who had no claims during the year 2013 were included. The report does not include claims for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries with managed care plans.

The total cost of part B non-institutional claims `carrier' services among Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD diagnosis during 2013 was over $502 million.

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