HOSPICE OF PAYSON: Our Mission:
To provide quality patient and family centered care to people with a life limiting illness. Our skilled and dedicated hospice team is committed to comfort and dignity through physical, emotional and spiritual support.
What is Hospice?
Hospice is an organization primarily engaged in providing care and services to terminally ill individuals having a life expectancy of 6 months or less if the illness runs its normal course.
Who is eligible?
Any individual with a life limiting illness and certified by a physician as having a life expectancy of 6 months or less.
How is Hospice financially covered?
In order to be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, an individual must be entitled to Part A of Medicare and be certified as terminally ill. Additional payor sources include private insurance. No person will be denied care based on coverage or lack of coverage.