Who Pays for Hospice: Covered Services

All reasonable and necessary medical support services for the management of a terminal illness are covered including:

• Physician services provided by the Hospice Medical Director
• Nursing services
• Certified nurse aide services
• Homemaker services
• Medical social services
• Spiritual support
• Volunteer services
• Bereavement support services
• Counseling, including dietary counseling
• Medications for pain and symptom management related to the terminal illness
• Medical supplies and equipment related to the terminal illness
• Physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy and speech therapy
• Short-term inpatient care for acute symptom management
• Respite care for caregivers