patient stop receiving hospice care

Why would a patient stop receiving hospice care?
A hospice patient has the right to stop receiving hospice
care at any time, for any reason. If the patient
chooses to stop hospice care, health care benefits from
the standard or managed care Medicare program continue.
On occasion, a terminally ill patient’s health
improves or the patient’s illness goes into remission
while receiving hospice care. A patient’s condition
may become stable to the point that the hospice team
and physician(s) believe the patient cannot be certified
as terminally ill (having a life expectancy of six
months or less), and, therefore, is no longer eligible for
the Benefit. At any point in time, a patient can
return to hospice care, as long as the eligibility criteria
is met and certification by physician(s) and hospice
team is received.