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ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

Does Your Patient Qualify for Home Health Services?

Many older adults prefer to get their healthcare at home. Mission Healthcare follows Medicare criteria for admission to our services. Home health services are available to individuals who meet the following guidelines; if the patient does not meet admission criteria, the patient may be referred to an alternate service and the physician will be notified.

Patient receives services under a plan of care established and reviewed by a physician.
A doctor must certify that you need intermittent skilled nursing care (other than drawing blood), physical therapy, speech-language pathology, AND/OR continued occupational therapy services.
Patient must be confined to the home and a doctor must certify that the patient is homebound.
Learn more about home health eligibility here.

ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

Does Your Patient Qualify for Hospice Care?

Timely and appropriate identification of hospice-eligible patients increases the likelihood that the patient and family will benefit from compassionate, end-of-life care. In order to begin hospice care, patients must meet the hospice eligibility requirements established by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. For a patient eligible for hospice, consider the following guidelines:

The patient is terminally ill with a medical prognosis of 6 months or less to live if the illness runs its normal course
The patient accepts comfort care instead of care to cure the illness
The patient signs a statement to document choosing hospice instead of curative care
Learn more about hospice eligibility here.

ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

Does Your Patient Qualify for Palliative Care?

Unlike hospice care, which supports terminally ill patients through the end of life, palliative care can be provided with curative medical treatments and is appropriate regardless of age or disease stage.

A physician’s referral is required for palliative care services. If the patient is undergoing curative treatment in addition to palliative care, our team will work with the patient’s other medical care providers to ensure the patient is receiving the most beneficial services possible. Palliative Care may be helpful for: A patient of any age living with a serious illness (e.g., cancer, cardiac disease, respiratory disease, kidney failure, Alzheimer’s, AIDS, ALS and more.

A patient who is still seeking aggressive treatment for their illness and chooses palliative care to complement their main treatment, ease pain and other symptoms, and improve quality of life.

A patient of any age living with a serious illness (e.g., cancer, cardiac disease, respiratory disease, kidney failure, Alzheimer’s, AIDS, ALS and more.
A patient who is still seeking aggressive treatment for their illness and chooses palliative care to complement their main treatment, ease pain and other symptoms, and improve quality of life.

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Start the Patient Referral Process

Mission Healthcare is committed to providing quality care to patients and their families. While a physician's order is required to admit a patient to hospice or palliative care, anyone can start the referral process, including friends or family. If someone you know might benefit from our services, get in touch!

If you would like more information, have questions about eligibility, or would rather make a referral by phone, please call the number below. Our helpful admissions staff is just a phone call away, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays.

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