The Medicare Hospice Benefit
Medicare covers hospice care. The benefits of this government provision are available from the Association of Kansas Hospices or your local hospice program.
Eligibility - Individual must:
- Be entitled to Part A Medicare.
- Be certified as terminally ill by their attending physician.
- Elect the hospice benefit with a full understanding of hospice care.
Covered Routine Services:
- Nursing care
- medical social services
- home health aide services
- counseling
- medications and supplies
- medical equipment
- bereavement care for loved ones
Other Service (if determined appropriate):
- Continuous Care - nursing care, during a period of crisis, provided on a 24-hour basis to maintain the patient at home.
- Respite Care - Short-term limited care in order to relieve family members or other caregivers.
- Short-Term Inpatient Care - for pain control r symptom management.
- Therapies - occupational and speech.
- Consulting physician services.
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