How You're Covered

Costs directly related to your terminal illness that are generally included in your hospice plan of care and are covered by the Medicare Hospice Benefit include:

• Physician consultations related to the patient’s terminal illness
• Visits by hospice nurses to help manage comfort symptoms
• Medications related to the patient’s terminal illness
• Medical equipment needed to support the patient in their environment
• Routine Home Care in the comfort of your own home
• Emotional and spiritual support from social workers, priests and/or chaplains
• Medical support and homemaking services by home healthcare aides
• General inpatient care in medical setting, as needed
• Continuous Care  with round-the-clock support to stabilize a patient’s short-term medical crisis
• Respite Care to provide rest and comfort to the family of caregivers