Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Chattanooga, TN

An internal medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.

Providers

4 of the 6 listed below are enrolled in Medicare per CMS enrolment files.

Medicare status comes from public CMS enrolment files and is not a guarantee of coverage for any particular patient or plan. We hold no commercial-insurance network data (no public dataset publishes it) — confirm with the provider and your insurer directly.

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