Medicare, Medicaid and most private health insurance, including most Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO), provide a hospice benefit. This hospice benefit covers all of the services of the hospice team, plus the cost of medication, medical equipment, ancillary therapies and supplies related to the symptom management of the terminal illness. Hospice relieves the financial burden from patients and families. With most plans, there are no co-payments, exclusions, deductibles or add-on costs. Most patients will not receive a bill from the hospice. Please feel free to contact the Azorna Healthcare office to clarify any financial concerns. If the patient chooses hospice care for a life-limiting illness but later changes his or her mind, that patient can cancel or revoke hospice services at any time and immediately resume traditional medical care. The patient may resume hospice care in the future, should he or she so choose.
Medicare/Medicaid-funded patients are not responsible for any payments for treatments, supplies, patient care and/or interventions or support services that are directly related to the patient’s terminal illness and deemed necessary by the Hospice team. For current Medicare reimbursement rates for hospice services please check our web site at https://azorna.com or call (480) 637-4100.