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What is Hospice? |
Designed to provide palliative and supportive care to terminally ill persons and supportive care to their families.
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What services does Hospice offer? |
-Bereavement counseling for enhanced hospice benefits -Counseling and emotional support - Home and hospital visits - Instruction and supervision of a family member - Other home health benefits - Pain management and symptom control - Pastoral counseling - Respite care for enhanced hospice benefits |
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What two places can I find hospice benefits?
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Hospice care line or Physican/ addl provider line
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What is the Precertification for Hospice care? |
we don’t require precertification for inpatient hospice care for participating providers. Review the member’s benefits to see plan specific precertification requirements for nonparticipating hospice.
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Can I get hospice care at home?
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Yes |
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What charges does insurance not cover under the hospice coverage? |
Confinements not required for pain control or other acute and chronic symptom managementConfinement days that exceed the Maximum Number of Days for the non enhanced hospice benefits. Note: The Enhanced hospice benefits don’t have day or dollar limits.Benefits payable under any other part of this Plan for Hospice care while the member is a full-time inpatient
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