Medicare Hospice Benefit

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What the Medicare Hospice benefit Covers:

• Nursing services
• Physician services
• Drugs, including drugs for pain relief and symptom management, if related to the primary diagnosis.
• Physical, occupational, and speech language therapy
• Home health aide and homemaker services
• Medical supplies and appliances
• Short term inpatient care, including respite care
• Medical social services
• Spiritual, dietary, and other counseling
• Continuous care at home during periods of crisis
• Trained volunteers
• Bereavement services.