Indiana Code > Title 12 > Article 15 > Chapter 40 – Payment for Hospice Services
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- 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 program patient: means a terminally ill patient who:
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- hospice services: means :
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