According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, an individual must be entitled to Medicare Part A and be certified as:

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To be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, an individual must be entitled to Medicare Part A and be certified as terminally ill, which means having a medical prognosis that their life expectancy is 6 months or less if the illness runs its normal course.