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No!
Hospice
is generally covered under public and private insurance companies.
This includes Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Benefits and requirements may vary. Generally, Loving Hands Hospice
will provide hospice services to any person meeting the admission
criteria regardless of their ability to pay.
Loving
Hands Hospice arranges and pays for medication, supplies, and equipment
related to the terminal illness. The patient’s
physician and Loving Hands Hospice staff will monitor the need
for additional medications, supplies and equipment, and make
suggestions to the patient and family as appropriate. Not
all patients will need every one of these services, but options
are available and are intended to assist with symptom management,
increased comfort, and easing of pain.
Supplies and Equipment may include, but
is not limited to:
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Hospital Bed |
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Walker |
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Wheelchair |
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Bedside Commode |
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Oxygen (including all necessary apparatus) |
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Medications, for relief of symptoms and pain management related to terminal
diagnosis |
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Continence Supplies |
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Wound Care Supplies |
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