How To Pay

High Country Health Care System Hospice is covered by and provide direct billing of Medicare, Medicare HMO's, Medicaid, all insurance companies, and private pay.

For more information about Hospice billing coverage call
Anita Jones, Office Assistant/Private Billing at 1.800.834.9090

THE MEDICARE HOSPICE BENEFIT
To be eligible for the Medicare Hospice benefit, a patient must be entitled to Medicare Part A benefits and must be certified as terminally ill, which is defined by the Medicare Hospice Regulations as “a medical prognosis with a life expectancy of 6 months or less if the disease runs its normal course, as certified by a physician.” The patient must also elect the Medicare Hospice Benefit consent of treatment. 

Medicare beneficiaries who are HMO members are entitled to use their Hospice Benefit and may choose any Medicare certified hospice provider while remaining an HMO member. Medicare Part A will pay 100% of the cost of the hospice services that are part of the Hospice Benefit. Other insurance providers may require co-payments and/or deductibles.

For patients without insurance, funds received through community donations can help offset the cost of care.