A client with a terminal illness has been placed in hospice care. Under which of the following circumstances can hospice care be discontinued?
A) When the client can no longer pay for health care
B) When the client develops difficult behavior
C) When the client no longer meets the Medicare criteria
D) When the client survives beyond 6 months of hospice care
C
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Hospice care for a client can be discontinued when the client no longer meets the Medicare criteria. While receiving hospice care, the client can "transfer to another hospice program, but may not be discharged because of inability to pay, high cost of treatment, 'high-tech' palliative care ordered by the physician, or 'difficult' behavior." If a client survives beyond 6 months, he or she continues to receive care as long as the physician certifies that the client continues to meet hospice criteria.
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