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Who Pays for Hospice: Covered Services
All reasonable and necessary medical support services for the management of a terminal illness are covered including:
- Physician services provided by the Hospice Medical Director
- Nursing services
- Certified nurse aide services
- Homemaker services
- Medical social services
- Spiritual support
- Volunteer services
- Bereavement support services
- Counseling, including dietary counseling
- Medications for pain and symptom management related to the terminal illness
- Medical supplies and equipment related to the terminal illness
- Physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy and speech therapy
- Short-term inpatient care for acute symptom management
- Respite care for caregivers
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