hospice care definition
hospice care means a program of care which coordinates the special needs of a person with a Terminal Illness. Hospice Care must be: (1) prescribed by and provided under the supervision of a Physician; and (2) rendered by a licensed hospice care provider who is not a member of your immediate family.
hospice care means a program of palliative care and supportive services of an individual certified as “terminally ill” and the medical prognosis of the individual‘s life expectancy is 6 months or less, if the illness runs its normal course.
More Definitions of hospice care
hospice care means a coordinated, interdisciplinary program provided by a licensed hospice agency to meet Your physical, psychological and social needs when You are terminally ill as certified by Your attending Physician.
hospice care means medical or support services for management of a terminal illness furnished by a hospice as defined in s. 50.90 (1), Stats.
hospice care means a program of care and support provided by a Medicare-certified hospice provider to help an individual with a terminal condition to live comfortably by providing palliative care, including effective pain and symptom management. Hospice care may include services provided by an interdisciplinary team that are intended to address the physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the individual and his or her family.
hospice care means a coordinated program of active professional 660 medical attention within the home and outpatient and inpatient
hospice care means an entity that administers services to a terminally ill person utilizing palliative care or treatment.
hospice care means services provided by a public agency or private organization, or any subdivision thereof, which entity shall be known as a hospice and shall be primarily engaged in providing care to an individual for whom a certified medical prognosis has been made indicating a life expectancy of six months or less and who has elected to receive such care in lieu of other medical benefits available under this article and articles 5 and 6 of this title.