Hospice

Hospice Services means those services provided to a Hospice Patient that are reasonable and necessary for the palliation and management of such Hospice Patient's terminal illness and are specified in a Hospice Patient's Plan of Care.

Hospice Services include:

• Nursing Care and services by or under the supervision of a RN.
• Medical social services provided by a qualified social worker under the direction of a physician
• Physician services to the extent that these service are not provided by the attending physician
• Counseling services, including bereavement, dietary and spiritual counseling
• Physical, respiratory, occupational and speech therapy services
• Home health aide/homemaker services
• Medical supplies
• Drug and biologicals
• Use of medical appliances
• Medical direction and management of the Hospice Patient