Who Is Eligible
- Adults of all ages
- Pediatric hospice care in
affiliation with Johns Hopkins
- Patients with a prognosis
of six months or less if the disease runs its
normal course
- Patients/families electing
palliative care
- Patients not responding to
curative measures
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Diagnosis
- Oncology
- End stage COPD, CHF, CVA,
liver disease, diabetes
- Kidney failure
- Alzheimer’s
- AIDS
- Debility unspecified
- Other diagnoses may be appropriate
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Symptoms
- Unintentional weight loss
- Nausea, vomiting
- Uncontrolled pain
- Progressive decrease in response
to medical modalities
- Frequent hospitalizations
and ER visits
- Assistance with most activities
of daily living
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Levels of Care
- Routine home care at home
or in nursing homes
- Respite, inpatient
- Continuous care
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Payment Source
- Medicare Part A
- Medicaid
- Commercial insurance
- Charity
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Treatments that require Evaluation
Community Hospices specializes in palliative care.
We handle clinically complex patients and evaluate
the appropriateness of each treatment as it relates
to pain and symptom management or to enhance a
patient’s quality of life. The following
treatments require evaluation on a case by case
basis for admission to hospice services
- Palliative radiation
- Dialysis
- Feeding tubes
- IV treatments or hydration
- Chemotherapy
- Transfusions
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Physician
The attending physician remains the attending
physician and continues to follow and bill for
services as usual.
For evaluation of your patient for hospice services,
contact Community Hospices Serving Maryland, Northern
Virginia and DC:
1-866-234-7742
Fax (866) 410-2780
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