US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-02, ch. 9, § 40.1.4
Counseling Services
Counseling services are provided to the terminally ill individual and the family members
or other persons caring for the individual at home. Counseling, including dietary
counseling, may be provided both for the purpose of training the individual’s family or
other caregiver to provide care, and for the purpose of helping the individual and those
caring for the individual to adjust to the individual’s approaching death. Bereavement
counseling is available to the patient and his or her immediate family to provide
emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual support and services before and after the death of
the patient and to assist with issues related to grief, loss, and adjustment for up to 1 year
after the patient’s death. Also, see §40.5 regarding waivers under certain conditions for
making dietary counseling available.
History
(Rev. 141, Issued: 03-02-11, Effective: 01-01-11: Implementation: 03-23-11)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
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