One major condition of hospice is that a doctor determines you are terminal within six months. Terri does not meet that condition and never should have been in a legitimate hospice.
Agree completely.
"One major condition of hospice is that a doctor determines you are terminal within six months. Terri does not meet that condition and never should have been in a legitimate hospice"
I have heard this before but cannot find a source on a Hospice website that confirms this.
Are hospices governed by the same body?
Must they all follow the same guidelines?
How do we find out the conditions that must be met for admittance at any given hospice?
From what I've read - Terri should not have spent years and years at this hospice.
I've read this is a federally funded hospice so medicare/medicaid is picking up the bill instead of dear hubby.
Do you have any sources regarding this?
Thank you
Title XVIII section 1861(dd). This is the law that that Dept. of Health and Human Services is using to prosecute Sunshine Hospice, Inc.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/795216/posts
Answer to my own question. FELOS was/is on the board of the hospice. How convenient.
This whole issue with Terri reads like a horror novel.