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Referrals A referral can be made by the patient, family, a friend, nursing facility or doctor. Once the physician confirms the need for hospice services, a nurse and a social worker will visit to explain the plan of care and to assess the patient’s needs, as well as those of the family. Services usually begin immediately after the patient is admitted to the program.  Hospice is most effective when services are received early in the illness. Families repeatedly share that they wish they had called HospiceCare sooner so that their loved ones could have benefited more from its support and services. Guidelines for HospiceCare admission:
Who Pays? Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance companies cover hospice services. For those patients without insurance, the agency receives funds through community donations that help offset the cost of care. Make a Donation It is the philosophy of HospiceCare that no person meeting the admission criteria will be denied services because of sex, race, religion or inability to pay. For more information, please contact referrals@hospicecarewv.org |
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