If you have Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) AND meet all of these conditions, you can get hospice care:
– Your hospice doctor and your regular doctor (if you have one) certify that you’re terminally ill (you’re expected to live 6 months or less).
– You accept comfort care (palliative care) instead of care to cure your illness.
– You sign a statement choosing hospice care instead of other Medicare-covered treatments for your terminal illness and related conditions. If you choose hospice care you have the right to change your mind and receive treatments for your terminal illness.
Note: Only your hospice doctor and your regular doctor (if you have one) can certify that you’re terminally ill and have 6 months or less
to live.