Medical Cost Projections

A developing hospital admission can create significant uncertainty around future medical spend. SkyCare Assistance can help clients assess likely short- and longer-term cost exposure alongside the patient’s clinical pathway.

Short-term projections

Short-term projections can consider current treatment, expected investigations, planned procedures and the likely duration of admission over the immediate days ahead.

Longer-term projections

For more complex cases, projected costs may need to account for prolonged inpatient care, rehabilitation, specialist treatment, delayed discharge or a future transfer to another facility.

Clinical context matters

A projection is most useful when it is linked to the patient’s likely clinical progress. We therefore consider available medical information alongside expected treatment and potential alternatives, including repatriation where that becomes appropriate.

Medical cost projections can form part of our wider medical cost containment and medical case management services.