Hospice. Shall be defined as a coordinated plan of home and/or Inpatient Services, which treats a Terminally III patient and his or her family as a unit, focusing on providing comfort rather than on curing an illness. The plan provides Services to meet the special needs of the family unit during the final stages of a Terminal Illness and during bereavement. These services may include physical care, counseling, drugs, equipment and supplies for the terminal illness and related condition(s). Services are provided by a team made up of trained medical personnel, homemakers and counselors. The team acts under an independent hospice administration and helps the family unit cope with physical, psychological, spiritual, social and economic stress. Hospice is generally provided in the home, is not limited to people with cancer, and must be approved as meeting established standards, including but not limited to compliance with any licensing requirements of Guam, and the benefit period begins on the date the attending physician certifies that a covered member is terminally ill.
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Samples: Health Insurance Agreement, Health Insurance Agreement, Retiree Supplement Insurance Agreement
