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How Hospice Supports Families

1-800-HOSPICE

Fortunately, as America has begun going home to die with higher quality of life at ever increasing rates, the hospice industry has also grown to support that. In 1984, there were only 31 Medicare-certified home hospice agencies. Additionally, Medicare pays 100% for home hospice with no copays or deductibles.

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S3 Ep.1 : How Training Has Changed Over the Last 20 Years, With New Hosts Linda Leekley and Amanda Sternklar

Home Care Pulse

And my main focus, which I loved in that role was to help develop professional home health and hospice aids. Before that healthcare was cooking along really growing and then this balanced budget act was passed in 1997 and it drastically slashed Medicare reimbursement amounts for services across the continuum.