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This internet web page discusses California Medigap hospice. A hospice is an organization that provide care for those people who have a terminal illness. This care provides treatment that is meant to reduce suffering as opposed to cure the terminally ill person. This type of care usually includes counseling in conjunction with physical care. Hospice care may be provided in a person's home, a hospice or a hospital. To be eligible for Medicare hospice benefits a person must be certified as terminally ill by a doctor and the hospice medical director, be eligible for Medicare Part A, receive care from a Medicare-approved hospice organization and sign a statement saying you wish to receive hospice care instead of routine Medicare care. The kinds of people who help care for hospice care patients are speech therapists, doctors, volunteers, physical therapists, trained counselors, nurses, social workers, their family, occupational therapists and clergy. Medicare covers most of the costs of medicine, social workers, physical therapy, short-term hospital care, doctors, general counseling for both the patient and the patient's family, medical equipment and supplies, occupational therapy, dietary counseling, speech therapy, home health aids, respite care and nurses. Medicare does not pay for room and board if you live in a nursing home or your own home while receiving the hospice care, treatment intended to cure the illness, duplicate care from some other provider for services covered by your hospice and care from a hospice other than the one the person first chose. An individual who is receiving Medicare hospice care can continue to use their Medicare plan to receive care for health problems that are not related to the terminal illness in the same fashion that they would if they were not receiving the hospice care. You can get hospice care for as long as you are certified as being terminal ill. We have been helping Californians with their Medicare Supplement requirments for more than 20 years now. We want to assist you with your Medicare Supplement needs. Let us answer all your Medicare questions. We can find the right policy for your needs. Medicare is a extremely complex subject. There is an overwhelming amount of information out there about Medicare. Finding the information you want can be a tedious and time consuming undertaking. Let us give you all the information you need to know. |