Healthcare Professionals
Good Sam works alongside a patient’s primary care physician. The physician is a member of the care team and remains an active participant in the direction of treatment. As a patient progresses, Medicare recognizes that it can be medically difficult to determine when a patient is eligible for hospice, meaning prognosis is six months or less if the terminal disease runs its usual course. The potential for a patient to improve under hospice care is not a contraindication for hospice. Approximately 10-15% of hospice patients are eventually discharged because of improvement, often due to the expert care that hospice provides. Good Sam offers a free assessment by a hospice nurse to assist with determining whether a patient is eligible for hospice care. In addition, Good Sam offers an online test (Hospice Eligibility Test) to guide with this next step.
Click here to complete the Hospice Eligibility Test
Click below to access the Physician Matters newsletters:
Physician Matters December 2012
Physician Matters September 2012
Physician Matters February 2012
To contact Dr. Inouye, Good Sam's full-time Medical Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
To contact our Admissions staff, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .