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MO HealthNet Hospice Provider Manual, Introduction
Introduction
Hospice is a public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of either, that is primarily engaged in providing care to terminally ill individuals, meets the Medicare conditions of participation for hospices, is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Bureau of Home Care and Rehabilitative Standards, and has a valid MO HealthNet Division (MHD) Participation Agreement. Reimbursement is limited to qualified MO HealthNet enrolled hospice providers rendering services to terminally ill patients who have elected hospice benefits.
The hospice benefit is designed to meet the needs of participants with life-limiting illnesses and to help their families cope with related problems and feelings. Hospice care is an approach to treatment that recognizes that the impending death of an individual warrants a change in focus from curative care to palliative care.
Hospice utilizes an interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive services that are primarily directed toward keeping the patient at home with minimal disruption in normal activities and keeping the patient and family as physically and emotionally comfortable as possible. A hospice team is specially trained to provide pain relief, symptom management, and supportive services to terminally ill persons and to their families.
Provenance
- Source
- dss.mo.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- mhd-hospice-2026-04-13
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