OUR GOAL IS TO
MAKE EACH DAY COUNT

When care shifts from treatment to symptom management and quality of life. Hospice provides comprehensive comfort care as well as support for the family and attempts to cure the person's illness are stopped. Patients who are put on hospice have a life expectancy of 6 months or less.

At some point, it may not be possible to cure a serious illness, or a patient may choose not to undergo certain treatments. The patient beginning hospice care understands that his or her illness is not responding to medical attempts to cure it or to slow the disease's progress. Hospice is provided for a person with a terminal illness whose doctor believes he or she has six months or less to live if the illness runs its natural course.

All services related to terminal illnesses are covered 100% by Medicare Part A. Care that is unrelated to the terminal illness continues to be covered by Medicare Parts A and B, with all normal rules applicable (e.g., co-payments, coverage guidelines, and deductibles).