Medical Expense✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
Hospice care for a Medicare beneficiary with a terminal illness is covered under:
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Why A is correct
Medicare hospice care is a Part A benefit for beneficiaries certified as terminally ill with a life expectancy of six months or less. It shifts the focus from curative treatment to comfort, palliative care, and support services, typically delivered at home. Hospice coverage includes nursing care, physician services, counseling, and medications related to the terminal illness. This is a distinctive Part A benefit.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Hospice is a Part A benefit; Part B covers outpatient medical services but not the hospice program itself.
- C) Hospice is a Medicare benefit; Medi-Cal is a separate program, though it also covers hospice for its own enrollees.
- D) Part D covers prescription drugs, but the hospice program itself is a Part A benefit.
Memory hook
Hospice = comfort care at the end of life, and it is a Part A benefit.