Covered Services

The hospice benefit includes coverage for the following services, when provided directly in response to the terminal illness:

1. Physician services
2. Nursing services
3. Medical social services
4. Counseling
5. Medical supplies and equipment
6. Outpatient drugs for symptom and pain control
7. Dietary and other counseling
8. Short-term inpatient care
9. Respite care
10. Home health aide (HHA) and homemaker services
11. Physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and speech therapy (ST)
12. Volunteer services
13. Other items and services included in the plan of care that are otherwise covered medical services

PW_11-19_556