Paying for Hospice Care
Hospice care is covered by Medicare and many private insurance policies.
These benefits offer patients and their families end-of-life care without overwhelming financial burdens. For eligible patients, Medicare provides physical, emotional and spiritual support for patients and their families. It covers medications, personal supplies and home medical equipment related to a terminal illness.
Covered Hospice Services:
- Home medical equipment and personal supplies
- Around-the-clock access to care
- Management of complex pain and other symptoms
- Hospice aide for personal care and light homemaking
- Medical social services
- Spiritual care and support
- Physical, occupational, and dietary consults for family teaching purposes
- Support from volunteers
- Short-term inpatient respite care (relief) for family caregivers
- Ongoing grief counseling for the patient, family and friends
Medicare, Medicare Advantage and other insurance plans typically cover expenses if these requirements are met
Your doctor and a medical director from a hospice program certify the patient has six months or less to live if the illness runs its normal course.
The patient signs a statement choosing hospice instead of curative treatments for their terminal illness. You can stop hospice and return to curative treatment at any time.
The patient receives care from a Medicare-approved hospice program.
Support is provided in a private home, nursing home, a hospital or anywhere a person calls home.
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