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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-15-40-6

  • hospice: means a person or health care provider who owns or operates a hospice program or facility, or both, that uses an interdisciplinary team directed by a licensed physician to provide a program of planned and continuous care for hospice program patients and their families. See Indiana Code 12-15-40-2
  • hospice program: means a specialized form of interdisciplinary health care that is designed to alleviate the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual discomforts of an individual who is experiencing the last phase of a terminal illness or disease. See Indiana Code 12-15-40-3
  • hospice services: means :

    Indiana Code 12-15-40-5

   Sec. 6. The office shall, under 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., establish a payment rate to a hospice program for hospice services provided to hospice program patients who are eligible for medical assistance under this article.

As added by P.L.24-1997, SEC.54.