Hospice care includes services that are reasonable and necessary for the comfort and management of a terminal illness. Which services might be included? (Select all that apply.)
A) Physician services
B) Nursing care
C) Long-term inclient pain control
D) Hospice aide services
E) Social worker services
Ans: A, B, D, E
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Hospice care services may include physician services, nursing care, hospice aide services, social worker services, and short-term, not long-term, inclient care (for pain and symptom management).
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