[hinckley buzzard]

The reason they asked about being on Hospice is that when Hospice takes over a case they typically d/c all treatment orders other than palliative care, and will not pay for diagnostics like a CT scan. Sometimes people survive in spite of Hospice.

[kalee]

I know, but it seems odd that I have never been asked this before only since Obamacare came to be.
My mother died in Jan I know all about hospice. Hospice rations care and the more people you can shift to hospice the less care you need to provide. My mother died in Jan I know all about hospice.