How Long Will Medicare Pay For Hospice?

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   Bill Loughead

   President, SummitMedigap.com, CO, FL, GA, MI, NC, SC & TX

   Medicare should pay for hospice all the way through except for a deductible and coinsurance if you don't have a Medicare Supplement Plan.  After 90 days you would need to use lifetime reserve days or pay all the costs.  To qualify for hospice care, a hospice doctor and your doctor must certify that your terminally ill and expected to live 6 months or less.  Hospice care is typically at home unless it is determined that it must be medically managed in a facility. The hospice coordinator should be able to give you much more detail.

   Answered on December 29, 2013

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