What's covered
Medicare includes 100% coverage of the following:
- 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 and 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
- Bereavement support for 13 months following the patient's death
As a hospice Medicare provider, Alliance Hospice provides care to patients who do not have the ability to pay.
