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Common Questions

Who is eligible to receive care?

You may be eligible to receive care from Devoted if you have been diagnosed with a life-shortening illness and have decided to focus on symptom management rather than curative treatment. 


Common Diagnosis associated with Hospice Care are:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Liver/Renal disease
  • Cancer
  • Neurological disease
  • Respiratory disease
  • Stroke or Coma
  • Other life-limiting illnesses


You may be eligible for Hospice Services if you are experiencing one or more of the following issues:

  • Frequent hospitalizations
  • Unintentional weight loss
  • Increasing generalized weakness
  • Increasing oxygen dependence
  • Deteriorating mental abilities
  • Recurrent infections
  • Steady decrease in ability to function in recent months
  • Other specific declines in condition

What is this more acute level of care?

Hospice is much more than just end of life care, though often thought of as only that. It is the comprehensive care for the mind, body, and spiritual needs of an individual and the circle of friends/family who care for them. For many, the importance placed on quality over quantity of life provides the opportunity to enjoy and thrive, given the current circumstances. 


  • Care does not cure an illness or disease but strives to honor a person's wishes and personal dignity.
  • A myriad of benefits are covered entirely by most insurance(s) such as care, medications, medical equipment, supplies, Physician/Nurse Practitioner and 24/7 availability of a highly skilled clinician to assist you with any complex needs or questions that arise. 


Where can services be rendered?

Hospice Care can be provided wherever the patient considers home:


  • House or apartment
  • A friend’s or relative’s home
  • Nursing home
  • Private Care Home (sometimes referred to as group home)
  • In-patient setting within a hospital 
  • Retirement community

Payment

Who Pays for Hospice Care?

Medicare/Medicare Advantage Plan/Triwest Healthcare Alliance/Medicaid

  • Covers extensive collection of interdisciplinary services plus all medications, medical supplies, and medical equipment related to the hospice diagnosis
  • Includes routine home care, general inpatient care, respite care, and continuous care
  • If Medicare is being billed for hospice care, patients can still bill Medicare Part A for any unrelated and pre-existing issues
  • All advantage plans will revert back to traditional Medicare when choosing Hospice Care.
  • Medicare Advantage plans will cover all the services and supplies mentioned above. 


Alternative plans

  • Other providers do allow coverage for Hospice Care, that varies per plan. To assess your coverage, you may call your insurance company and ask what coverage you have for "Routine Hospice Care".


No one is denied service because of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or diagnosis.

Included Care

  • Medical Director/Physician
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Registered Nurse Case Manager
  • Licensed Vocational Nurse
  • Home Health Aide
  • Medical Equipment (hospital bed, wheelchair, oxygen machine, etc.)
  • Medical Supplies (incontinence supplies such as absorbent undergarments, wipes, creams, etc.).
  • Hospice-covered Medications


In addition to clinical care, also provided is:

  • Licensed Medical Social Worker
  • Chaplain
  • Volunteer Services
  • Respite Care
  • 24-hour emergency on-call services.
  • Extended bereavement care for family members.

Levels of Care

Routine Home Care

Additional Programs

Routine Home Care

The most common level of care, typified by a pattern of visits from the entire hospice team


Patient and family will receive visits from the hospice team members including a nurse, hospice aide, chaplain, social worker, and volunteers (based on need and desire)


Hospice provides medications, equipment, and supplies related to the terminal diagnosis, for free.

Respite Care

Additional Programs

Routine Home Care

Level of care designed to give the hospice patient-caregiver living at home a "respite" of up to five nights.


If necessary, the hospice will provide appropriate transport to and from the respite facility.


The patient brings their medications and supplies to the facility; hospice pays for the room and board in the facility; hospice team continues to visit the patient in the facility.

Additional Programs

Additional Programs

Additional Programs

Cognitive Illness Support Program

Veteran-Centric Model of Care

Respiratory Therapist

Wound Care

Other Therapy Services

Crisis Care

General Inpatient Care

Additional Programs

Crisis Care occurs during a period of crisis. A period of crisis is defined by CMS, as when a patient requires continuous nursing care for a short period (up to five days). Services can occur in a private residence, assisted living facility, and a long-term care facility (non-skilled). Crisis care may be prescribed by a physician for pain, irretractable nausea/vomiting, terminal restlessness, secretions, or any other acute symptom(s) that can only be managed through the receipt of skilled care.

General Inpatient Care

General Inpatient Care

General Inpatient Care

Level of care that occurs within a skilled setting such as a hospital or nursing facility with 24/7 Registered Nurses on site. This care is needed or offered when symptoms become too acute to manage in a routine care setting beyond the caregivers or clinicians' control. General Inpatient Care resolves once crisis symptom resolves/returns to manageable state. 



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