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Episode 2: Medicare Part A

Mastering Medicare

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The Cost of Hospice Care

A hospice agency takes the money that is given to them by Medicare Part A and says, I am gonna pay for all of the things that have to do with this patient's end of life care. So if costs come up that are unexpected, outside of what is considered to be the typical course of hospice care, it can really be a money loser for a hospice. This is why a lot of hospices don't allow dialysis when the patient is in hospice, because they would be responsible for that or getting a blood transfusion or any of these different things. These are extremely high costs that Medicare Part A doesn't necessarily pay for.

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