Anyone been asked to include end-of-life care, specifically hospice, to a Life Care Plan? The treating physician in this case insists his patients, due to their occupational disease, will enter hospice when their condition is deemed terminal and therefore, costs for hospice should be included in the LCP. Research indicates a daily/per diem rate for hospice care which adds a significant cost estimate to the LCP ($228/day in this case) and is difficult to predict the length of need.
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Jennifer Crowley
RN CLCP MSCC
eagleviewwest@centurytel.net
Kila, MT United States
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