What Is Not Covered

While hospice care offers comprehensive support for individuals with terminal illnesses, certain services and treatments are not covered. These typically include:

1. Curative Treatments

   Hospice focuses on comfort and palliative care, so treatments aimed at curing the terminal illness are not covered.

2. Care Outside the Hospice Plan

   If a patient seeks care from providers or facilities not approved by the hospice team, the costs may not be covered under the hospice benefit.

3. Room and Board

   Hospice does not cover the cost of room and board in a nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospice residence unless the patient requires inpatient care for pain or symptom management.

4. Unrelated Medical Services

   Medical care for conditions that are not related to the terminal illness is not typically covered under hospice. Patients will need to use their regol class=”number”ar health insurance for treatment of these conditions.

5. Emergency Care

   Ambulance services or emergency room visits that are not related to the hospice care plan are usually not covered, unless arranged by the hospice team.

Patients and families should work closely with the hospice team to understand what is and isn’t covered, and explore other payment options if necessary.