HII.7 The total number of inpatient days, used by Medicare beneficiaries, who elected hospice. coverage in any 12 month period preceding a certification survey, is reviewed to insure. the total does not exceed 20 percent of the total number of hospice days for this group of.
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.hospicefed.org/resource/resmgr/hpcfm_pdf_doc/gip_report_2008_hospice_gene.pdf
Your costs in Original Medicare. 1  $0 for hospice care. 2  You may need to pay a copayment of no more than $5 for each prescription drug and other similar products for pain relief and symptom control while you're at home. 3  You may need to pay 5% of the Medicare-approved amount for inpatient respite care.
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/hospice-and-respite-care.html
You may have to pay a small copayment for the respite stay. Care you get as a hospital outpatient (like in an emergency room), care you get as a hospital inpatient, or ambulance transportation, unless it’s either arranged by your hospice team or is unrelated to your terminal illness and related conditions.
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/hospice-and-respite-care.html
The OIG found that the majority of GIP care was provided in hospice inpatient units as opposed to hospitals or SNFs. Twenty-three percent of Medicare hospice beneficiaries received GIP during the year. One-third of beneficiaries’ GIP stays exceeded five days, with 11 percent lasting 10 days or more.
http://www.nahc.org/NAHCReport/nr130508_1/
The average GIP length of stay in an inpatient unit lasted 6.1 days, whereas the average GIP length of stay in a hospital was 4.1 days and the average in a SNF was 4.8 days. Forty percent of all GIP stays in an inpatient unit exceeded five days, compared to 22 percent in hospitals and 27 percent in SNFs.
http://www.nahc.org/NAHCReport/nr130508_1/
Patients & Families. Inpatient Hospice Care. While most hospice care is provided at home, in a home for the dying or comfort care home, or in a nursing home, hospice care may also be provided in an inpatient setting. Inpatient hospice care can be provided in either a designated unit called a hospice unit or in a scatter bed at a hospital. Hospice inpatient care is available for individuals needing help in controlling pain, their symptoms or for those whose family is exhausted or in crisis and needing respite.
https://www.compassionandsupport.org/index.php/for_patients_families/hospice/inpatient_hospice_care
The individual signs a statement indicating that. he or she elects the hospice benefit and waives. all other rights to Medicare payment for services. related to the treatment of the terminal prognosis. Medicare will continue to pay for covered benefits. for services unrelated to the terminal prognosis.
http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/hospice_pay_sys_fs.pdf
If you have continuous home care, a nurse and/or a home health aide will remain in the patient's home environment for 8 to 24 hours per day. Continuous care is a short-term level of care reevaluated every 24 hours. Some examples of symptoms requiring continuous care would be: unrelieved pain.
https://www.verywell.com/levels-of-hospice-care-1132297
Approximately 12 percent of Medicare hospices - 429 hospices - provided only the routine home care level of care to beneficiaries. Eight percent of the total Medicare dollars spent on hospice care in 2011 were spent on GIP care. Of this, 67 percent was spent on GIP care delivered in hospice inpatient units.
http://www.nahc.org/NAHCReport/nr130508_1/
Does hospice provide care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Hospice staff is on call for emergencies 24 hours a day. Hospice care does not include a nurse in the home 24/7. If you require more care than can be provided in the home, some hospices have their own inpatient facilities.
http://www.hospicenet.org/html/faq.html
how long general inpatient days hospice
In hospice, general inpatient is 6.1 days long.  The general inpatient days hospice are 6.1 days