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Patients with Medicare Part A can get hospice care benefits if they meet the following criteria: They must get care from a Medicare-certified hospice. Their attending physician (if they have one) and the hospice physician must certify them as terminally ill, with a medical prognosis of 6 months or less to live if the illness runs its normal course. They must sign an election statement to elect the hospice benefit and waive all rights to Medicare payments for the terminal illness and related conditions. They must accept comfort care, also known as palliative care, instead of pursuing care intended to cure their illness. They get care from a Medicare-certified hospice Your regular doctor (if applicable) and hospice doctor determine that you are terminally ill with 6 months or less left to live.
They must get care from a Medicare-certified hospice.
Their attending physician (if they have one) and the hospice physician must certify them as terminally ill, with a medical prognosis of 6 months or less to live if the illness runs its normal course.
They must sign an election statement to elect the hospice benefit and waive all rights to Medicare payments for the terminal illness and related conditions.
They must accept comfort care, also known as palliative care, instead of pursuing care intended to cure their illness.
They get care from a Medicare-certified hospice
Your regular doctor (if applicable) and hospice doctor determine that you are terminally ill with 6 months or less left to live.
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