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Kia roa te utunga a Medicare mo te tiaki hospice? Karekau he rohe wā whaiaro ki te painga o te hospice a Medicare. Ahakoa kei te tutuki tonu koe i ngā paearu o te mate whakamutunga, ka utua e Medicare te hospice mō ake tonu atu. Kua whakatauhia te painga ki ngā wā motuhake (e rua ngā wā 90-ra, kātahi ka kore-mutunga ngā wā 60-ra) me te hiahiatia he tautokotanga i te tīmatanga o ia wā. He maha ngā tūroro e whiwhi ana i te hospice mō ngā marama maha. He tokomaha e whiwhi ana mō te tau neke atu i te wā e noho tōtika ana tō rātou āhua ki te painga o te hospice. Ko te "ture 6 marama" e korerotia nuitia ana e whakaatu ana i te matapae e hiahiatia ana mō te tautokotanga tuatahi, ehara i te rohe ki te kapinga.
E whakaatu ana tēnei aratohu me pēhea te mahi o ngā wā painga o te hospice a Medicare, ā, ka puta te tautokotanga, ka pēhea ki te pai ake tō āhua, me ngā mea e hiahiatia ana e ngā whānau mō te wā. Ka puta ngā kōrero mai i te CMS, Medicare.gov, me te Rōpū Motu mō te Hospice me te Tiaki Palliative.
Ka wehea te painga hospice a Medicare ki ngā wā motuhake:
Wā painga tuatahi: 90 ra
Wā painga tuarua: 90 ra
Wā painga tuatoru, me ētahi atu: Ngā wā 60-ra kāore he mutunga
Karekau he maha rawa o ngā wā painga. Ahakoa ka tautokotahia e te ākomanga hauora o te hospice i te tīmatanga o ia wā hou, kei te mate whakamutunga koe, ka haere tonu te painga me te kore e whati.
He rahunga māramatanga noa: ko te matapae "6 marama, iti iho rānei" e hiahiatia ana mō te tautokotanga tuatahi ehara i te mea ka mutu te utu a Medicare i muri i te 6 marama. Ko taua reo e whakaatu ana i te paearu hauora mō te tautokotanga, ehara i te roa o te kapinga. He roa ake te ora o ētahi tūroro i te mea i tatūria, ā, ahakoa ka haere tonu te tākuta hospice ki te tautokotaha i tō rātou āhua whakamutunga, ka haere tonu te hospice.
E ai ki ngā raraunga a Medicare, ko te roa o te noho i te hospice he 18 ra. Tata ki te 30% o ngā tūroro hospice ka whiwhi tiaki mō te 7 ra, iti iho rānei. Tata ki te 10% ka whiwhi hospice mō te 6 marama, neke atu rānei. Ko te rerekeetanga e whakaatu ana i te koretake o te ara o te mate whakamutunga, ehara i te ngākau mahaki o Medicare ki te utu mo te hospice mo te roa.
I te tīmatanga o ia wā painga, me tautokotaha te ākomanga hauora o te hospice, te tākuta rānei o te hospice, kei te mate whakamutunga tonu koe (he ora taitara 6 marama, iti iho rānei, ki te haere te mate i tōna ara noa).
Mō te wā painga tuatoru me ngā wā katoa i muri mai, me whai hui kanohi ki te kanohi ki te tākuta hospice, ki te kaiwhakatere nēhi rānei, kaua e neke atu i te 30 ra i mua i te tīmatanga o ia wā painga. I tāpirihia tēnei whakaritenga kanohi ki te kanohi e te Ture Tiaki Tūroa i te tau 2011 hei whakarite kia whakamanahia te tika o te hospice, ehara i te mea nā te pepa noa.
Ko te tukanga tautokotanga he whakahaere i te taha o te hospice. Kare ngā tūroro me ngā whānau e kite i te tautokotanga hei kaupapa motuhake. Ka tae mai te nēhi hospice, te kaimahi āwhina rānei i ia wā, ā, ka puta te tuhinga tautokotanga i muri.
Ngā mea e kitea ana e ngā tūroro me ngā whānau:
Te rere tonu o te tiaki me te kore e whati
Ka haere tonu te kapa hospice ki ngā ratonga katoa
Ka noho tonu te whakamarie me te mana hei kaupapa matua
Ka whakarerekē te mahere tiaki i te ahuatanga o te mate
Mō ngā taipitopito mō ngā mea e hipokina ana e te hospice a Medicare (te painga katoa), tirohia ta mātou aratahi mō te tiaki hospice a Medicare.
He tokoiti noa o ngā tūroro hospice ka pai ake, ā, kāore ratou e tutuki i ngā paearu tika o te hospice. Tēnei ka puta nā te pai o te whakahaere tohu me te iti o te taumaha ka āhei te tinana kia noho tōtika, otirā ki ngā mate mau tonu pērā i te ngoikore o te ngākau, te mate ngongo o te kohao.
Ki te whakatau te ākomanga hauora o te hospice kāore koe e tutuki i ngā paearu o te mate whakamutunga, ka whakaputa te kapa hospice i a koe me te mahere "putanga ora". Ehara tēnei i te arai. He tohu tēnei kei te rerekē te ara o te mate i te mea i tatūria.
Tukanga putanga ora:
Ka tukua e te hospice he whakamōhiotanga tuhia e whakamārama ana he aha te take kāore ai te tika e pā ana
Ka hoki koe ki te kapinga Medicare noa mō ngā mate whakamutunga me ngā mate kāore e pā ana
Ka taea e koe te rehita anō ki te hospice i muri mai ki te heke anō tō āhua
Kāore koe e ngaro i te painga hospice a muri ake nei nā te putanga
Tata ki te 17% o ngā tūroro hospice a Medicare ka puta ora i te tau, e ai ki ngā raraunga a CMS. Ko ngā take tino kitea ko te noho tōtika o te āhua (te tino kitea), te whakatau a te tūroro ki te whai maimoatanga whakaora, te whakawhiti ki tētahi atu wāhi kāore he hospice, te whakatau rānei kāore i te tika i te wā tautokotanga.
Ka taea e ngā tūroro te whakakore i te kōwhiringa hospice i ngā wā katoa, mō ngā take katoa. Ko te whakakore i te hospice ka hoki koe ki te kapinga Medicare noa, tae atu ki te kaha ki te whai maimoatanga whakaora mō te mate whakamutunga.
Ngā take noa mō te whakakore kōwhiri:
E hiahia ana te tūroro ki te whakamātau i tētahi momo maimoatanga hou kua puta
Ka whakarerekē te whānau, te tūroro rānei i tōna whakaaro mō te huarahi o te hospice
E hiahia ana te tūroro ki te whai tiaki e aro ana ki te whakaora
Te whakawhiti ki tētahi wāhi kāore e hototahi ki te hospice (rare)
Ki te whakakore, hainatia tētahi tauākī whakakore me tō kapa hospice. Ka puta te whakawhiti kapinga i te wa tonu. Ko te rā e whakakore ai koe te rā whakamutunga o tō wā painga o nāianei. Ko ngā rā i whakamahia ka tatauhia ki tō painga katoa (arā, ki te whakakore koe i te rā 30 o te wā painga tuatahi, kua whakamahi koe i te 30 o te 90 rā i taua wā).
Ka taea e koe te kōwhiri anō i te hospice i muri mai. Ko te kōwhiringa anō ka timata he wā painga hou e rite ana ki tō āhua i taua wā.
He tika tō te whakarerekē kaiwhakarato hospice kotahi i ia wā painga. Ko tēnei te ingoa "whakawhiti" i ētahi wā, ehara i te whakakore. Rerekē ana ki te whakakore, kāore te whakawhiti e tautuhi anō i tō tatau wā painga.
Ngā take ka whakarerekē ai ngā whānau i ngā kaiwhakarato hospice:
Te kore e mālohi ki te kounga tiaki, te whakawhiti kōrero rānei
Te neke ki tētahi wāhi hou e whakahaeretia ana e tētahi atu kapa
Ngā hiahia motuhake e kore e taea e te kapa o nāianei
Ngā manakohanga whakapono, tikanga rānei mō tētahi hospice whakapono
Ki te whakawhiti, hainatia tētahi tauākī whakawhiti ki te hospice hou. Ka whakamōhiotia te hospice o nāianei, ā, ka tango te hospice hou i te tiaki. Karekau he wāhi i roto i te kapinga.
Ka rongo koe i ngā kōrero mō te "poto hospice". Ko tēnei kupu e pā ana ki ngā kaiwhakarato hospice, ehara ki ngā tūroro takitahi. Ka whakatauhia e Medicare he poto katoa ā-tau ki ia kapa hospice i runga i tētahi tikanga e hera ai te nui o te utu a Medicare ki tētahi kapa motuhake e pā ana ki te maha o ngā tūroro e mahi ana ia.
Ko tēnei poto e pā ana ki te utu ki ngā kapa hospice engari kāore e aukati i te kapinga mō tētahi tūroro takitahi e tutuki ana i ngā paearu hospice. Ko tō tika ka puta i tō āhua hauhau, ehara i te utu katoa a Medicare a tō kaiwhakarato hospice.
Mō te tau 2026, kua piki te 2.6% o ngā reiti utu hospice, ka hoatu he $750 miriona anō hei tautoko hospice puta noa i te motu. Ka whakarerekē te tataunga o te poto katoa.
Mō ngā whānau e tata ana ki te kōwhiringa hospice, koinei te wā tūmau:
Wāhanga whakatau-i-mua i te kōwhiringa: Kōrero ki te tākuta tuatahi me te whānau mō te tuku atu ki te hospice. Ka tukua e te kapa hospice tētahi kōrero mōhiohio kore utu me te kore herenga. Karekau he rohe wā ki tēnei wāhanga.
Kōwhiringa: Ka hainatia e te tūroro, tona kanohi rānei te Tauākī Kōwhiringa Hospice. Ka tīmata te kapinga i te wa tonu. Ka tukua e te hospice he Panui Kōwhiringa ki a Medicare i roto i ngā rā mahi 5.
Ngā 90 ra tuatahi: Ngā ratonga hospice noa. Ka whakatauhia e te kapa hospice ngā tikanga me ngā hononga whānau. Ka kite te tūroro i te pai ake o te whakamarie me te whakahaere mamae.
Rā 90: Tautokotanga mō te wā painga tuarua. Ka tautokotaha te tākuta hospice. Kare te whānau e kite i tēnei hei kaupapa motuhake.
Rā 180: Me whai hui kanohi ki te kanohi mō te wā painga tuatoru. Ka tae te tākuta hospice, te NP rānei ki te tūroro i roto i ngā rā 30 i mua i te rā 180. Ka oti te tautokotanga.
Rā 240, 300, 360, me ētahi atu: Ngā hui kanohi ki te kanohi ia 60 rā. Tonongaitanga o te tiaki noa.
Te mutunga o te ora: Ka kaha ake te tiaki i ngā rā whakamutunga (ka tukua e te Tautoko Rahi Ratonga he utu atu anō a Medicare mō te 7 rā whakamutunga). Ka haere tonu te tautoko tangi mō te whānau kia 13 marama i muri i te matenga.
Mō te whānui ake mō te kapinga hospice a Medicare, tirohia ta mātou aratahi mō te tiaki hospice a Medicare me te aratahi mō te tiaki hauora kāinga a Medicare.
He rohe 6 marama tēnei ki te hospice a Medicare?
Kāore. Ko te "6 marama, iti iho rānei" e pā ana ki te matapae e hiahiatia ana mō te tautokotanga tuatahi o te hospice, ehara i te roa rawa o te noho. Ahakoa ka tautokotaha te ākomanga hauora o te hospice kei te mate whakamutunga tonu koe i ia wā painga, ka haere tonu te kapinga mō ake tonu atu. Ko ētahi tūroro ka whiwhi hospice mō te tau neke atu.
Ka pēhea ki te noho ahau i te hospice mō te neke atu i te 6 marama?
Ka haere tonu te kapinga me te kore e whati i te mea ka whakapumautia e te tautokotanga te tika tonu. I muri i te rā 180 (te tīmatanga o te wā painga tuatoru), me whai te tākuta hospice, te kaiwhakatere nēhi rānei i tētahi hui kanohi ki te kanohi i roto i ngā rā 30 i mua i ia wā painga hou hei whakapūmautanga i te tika tonu. Ka haere tonu te tiaki hospice me te kore e whati.
Ka mutu te utu a Medicare mō te hospice i waenganui i te noho?
Kāore a Medicare e mutu te utu mō te hospice. Ka mutu te kapinga ki te: (1) ka whakatau te ākomanga hauora o te hospice kāore koe e tutuki i ngā paearu o te mate whakamutunga i te wā tautokotanga (putanga ora), (2) ka whakakorehia e koe te kōwhiringa hospice, (3) ka whakawhiti koe ki tētahi kaiwhakarato kāore he hospice mō te mate whakamutunga. I ngā wā katoa, ka hoki tonu mai tō kapinga Medicare noa. Ka taea e koe te kōwhiri anō i te hospice i muri mai ki te heke anō tō āhua.
Kia hiahiatia te tautokotanga o te hospice?
Ka puta te tautokotanga i te tīmatanga o ia wā painga: i te rā 90 (te tīmatanga o te wā 90-ra tuarua), te rā 180 (te tīmatanga o te wā 60-ra tuatahi), me ia 60 rā i muri mai. I muri i te rā 180, ka hiahiatia hoki te tautokotanga i tētahi hui kanohi ki te kanohi ki tētahi tākuta hospice, NP rānei i roto i ngā rā 30 i mua i ia wā painga hou.
Ka taea e au te whakarerekē i te kaiwhakarato hospice ki te kore ahau e mālohi?
Āe, kotahi i ia wā painga. Ka hainatia e koe tētahi tauākī whakawhiti me te kaiwhakarato hospice hou, ā, ka riro māna te tiaki i a koe. He rerekē tēnei ki te whakakore i te hospice katoa. Kāore te whakawhiti e tautuhi anō i tō tatau wā painga, kāore hoki e puta he wāhi i roto i te kapinga.
He aha te putanga ora mai i te hospice?
Ka puta te putanga ora ki te whakatau te ākomanga hauora o te hospice kāore koe e tutuki i ngā paearu o te mate whakamutunga. Ka puta tēnei i ētahi wā nā te pai o te tiaki hospice ki te noho tōtika o te āhua o te tūroro, ā, kāore te matapae 6-marama e pā ana. Ka hoki koe ki te kapinga Medicare noa i te wa tonu. Ka taea e koe te kōwhiri anō i te hospice i muri mai ki te heke anō tō āhua. Tata ki te 17% o ngā tūroro hospice ka puta ora ia tau.
Ka utua e Medicare te tiaki hospice mō ake tonu atu i te mea kei te tutuki tonu koe i ngā paearu o te mate whakamutunga. Ka puta te painga ki roto i ngā wā 90-ra e rua, ka whai ake ko ngā wā 60-ra kāore he mutunga, me te tautokotanga e hiahiatia ana i te tīmatanga o ia wā. I muri i te rā 180, ka hiahiatia ngā hui kanohi ki te kanohi ki tētahi tākuta hospice, NP rānei i mua i ia wā painga i muri mai. Ko te "6 marama" i roto i te tika o te hospice e pā ana ki te matapae i te wā tautokotanga, ehara i te roa rawa o te noho. Ka taea e ngā tūroro te whakakore i te hospice i ngā wā katoa, ā, ka kōwhiri anō i muri mai. Ka puta te putanga ora ki te 17% o ngā tūroro hospice i te wā ka pai ake tō rātou āhua i ngā paearu o te hospice. Mō ngā taipitopito mō ngā mea e hipokina ana e te hospice me te pēhea te mahi, tirohia ta mātou aratahi mō te tiaki hospice a Medicare me te aratahi mō te Medicare.
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