Terminal Illness definition

Terminal Illness means a person is diagnosed by a Physician to have a prognosis of 12 months or less to live.

Terminal Illness means a Sickness or physical condition that is certified by a Physician in a written statement, on a form prescribed by us, to reasonably be expected to result in death in less than twelve (12) months.

Terminal Illness means a disease, illness, or condition of a patient:

Examples of Terminal Illness in a sentence

• The Member must have a Terminal Disease or Terminal Illness as determined by his or her Participating Provider’s certification and must receive prior approval from Blue Shield for the admission.

• A Hospice program is a specialized form of interdisciplinary care designed to provide palliative care, alleviate the physical, emotional, social and spiritual discomforts of a Member who is experiencing the last phases of life due to a Terminal Disease or Terminal Illness, and to provide supportive care to the primary caregiver and the family of the Hospice patient.

• Terminal Illness: The diagnosis of a disease that is expected to lead to the death of the insured person within 12 months.

• Members enrolled in a Hospice program may continue to receive Covered Services that are not related to the palliation and management of their Terminal Disease or Terminal Illness from the appropriate provider.

• Members with a Terminal Disease or Terminal Illness who have not yet elected to enroll in a Hospice program may receive a pre- hospice consultative visit from a Participating Hospice Agency.

More Definitions of Terminal Illness

Terminal Illness means that, due to an Injury or Sickness, the Insured has a prognosis of 12 months or less to live without reasonable prospect of recovery, as determined by us.

Terminal Illness means a medical condition:

Terminal Illness or ‘terminally ill’ means the person insured is diagnosed with an illness or injury that is expected to lead to death within 12 months. This means 12 months even with the best medical or surgical treatment available in New Zealand. Two appropriate medical specialists must confirm this prognosis. The 12 months is measured from the time of that confirmation.

Terminal Illness means that term as defined in section 5653 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,

Terminal Illness means an incurable illness or other condition with a medical prognosis of life expectancy of six (6) months or less.

Terminal Illness means a medical prognosis that an indi- vidual’s life expectancy is less than 12 months.

Terminal Illness means you have a condition that is cause for the physician to estimate that you have less than six months to live.