The Medicare Hospice Benefit
SC
The Medicare Hospice Benefit, initiated in 1983, is covered under Medicare Part A (hospital insurance). Medicare beneficiaries who chose hospice care receive a full scope of noncurative medical and support services for their terminal illness. Hospice care also supports the family and loved ones. of the patient through a variety of services, enhancing the value of the Medicare Hospice Benefit.
Features
- physician services
- nursing care
- medical appliances and supplies
- drugs for symptom management and pain relief
- short-term inpatient and respite care
- homemaker and home health aide services
- counseling
- social work service
- spiritual care
- volunteer participation
- bereavement services
- physical therapy, ocupational therapy and speech/language pathology services
