Hospice Diagnoses
Hospice is appropriate when a patient has been diagnosed by a physician with a life limiting illness and has a life expectancy of 6 months or less. The prognosis of 6 months is based on the physicians’ best clinical judgment considering the disease follows an expected course. Disease processes will vary with each individual so, Medicare allows for an extended Hospice benefit for those patients who need the service beyond 6 months. Patients and their families must also desire comfort care rather than curative care.
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Common hospice diagnoses include but are not limited to:
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Metastatic Malignancies
Cancer
Leukemia
End-Stage Cerebrovascular Disease
Stroke
HIV Disease
AIDS
End-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia
End-Stage Liver Disease
Cirrhosis
Liver Failure
End-Stage Neuromuscular
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – ALS
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson’s Disease
Muscular Dystrophy
End-Stage Renal Failure
End-Stage Debility
Adult Failure to Thrive
End-Stage Pulmonary Disease
COPD
Cystic Fibrosis
Pulmonary Fibrosis
End-Stage Cardiac Disease
CHF
CAD
Cardiomyopathy
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