Medicare Hospice Benefit

1. Which of the following is TRUE about the Medicare Hospice Benefit? A patient:

Must be discharged after 6 months.

Must be dying from end-stage cancer.

May receive hospice > 6 months if documentation supports eligibility.

Must be over age 65 years to be eligible.

2. Which of the following levels of care is based on the needs of the caregiver?

Home care

Continuous (crisis) care

General inpatient

Respite care

3. Covered services under the Medicare hospice benefit

Are consistent from state to state because Medicare is administered by state governments.

Are consistent from state to state because Medicare is administered by the federal government.

Are not consistent from state to state because Medicare is administered by state governments.

Are not consistent from state to state because Medicare is administered by the federal government.

4. To indicate the desire to resume normal Medicare coverage for care related to the primary hospice diagnosis, a patient must

Sign a revocation form

Sign a certification form

Sign an election form

Sign a consnet for treatment

5. When a patient's care is being covered by the Medicare hospice benefit, the hospice provider pays for:

Diagnosis related equipment, room and board, Meals on Wheels

Curative and palliative treatments to manage symptoms

IDG services, volunteer services, and diagnosis related medications

All diagnosis related tests ordered by the attending MD

6. To initiate use of her/his Medicare hospice benefit for care related for care related to the primary hospice diagnosis, a patient must

Sign a revocation form

Sign a certification form

Sign an election form

Sign a consent for treatment

7. When a patient no longer meets Medicare hospice criteria

He/she must be discharged immediately

He/ shemust be allowed to complete the benefit period before discharge

He/she must be notified of the appeals process

He/she must be examined by the attending or hospice physician

8. At Capital Hospice, hospice home care is offered to patients located in:

The inpatient hospice center, patient's home, an assisted living facility

The patient's home, a homeless shelter, the patient's pickup truck.

An assisted living facility, a long-term care facility, a hospital.

The patient's home, home of a relative, a skilled nursing home bed.