Try: For hospice coverage under medicare part a the individual must have been certified by a physician to have no more than six months to live the person does not have to in fact die within six months his prognosis must just be less than six months of remaining life expectancy medicare will cover two separate hospice periods of 90 days each with the possibility of an additional 60 days medicare part a hospice care covers all services including home health aides and homemaker services physical therapy physician and nursing services two exceptions to the total coverage exist first the beneficiary must pay 5 of the cost of outpatient drugs or 5 whichever is less second the patient must pay 5 percent of the cost of this respite care respite care allows up to five consecutive days of inpatient care to give the patient patient’s primary caregiver some relief while in hospice care medicare will only cover pain relief and symptom control treatments attempting to cure the terminal illness will not be covered information references

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