To: All Hospice Providers

Effective immediately, Medicaid will no longer require parents with children under the age of 21 receiving hospice care, to waive all rights to Medicaid services covered under Medicaid for the duration of hospice care. Based on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a voluntary election to receive hospice care for a child shall not constitute a waiver of any rights of the child to be provided with, or to have payments made for services that are related to the treatment of the child’s condition for which a diagnosis of terminal illness has been made. Children can now receive services related to the treatment of the condition for which a diagnosis of terminal illness was made.

For additional information or further clarification, please contact Samantha McLeod at (334)242-5584 or Samantha.McLeod@medicaid.alabama.gov .