title: Volunteer hospices: exposing the myths.
abstract: Many all-volunteer hospices serve their communities without Medicare certification. They prefer to specialize exclusively in supportive services of a quality, quantity, and variety difficult to achieve in a setting affected by restrictions of third-party reimbursement and regulatory controls.
authors.affiliation: Volunteer Hospice Network, Fredericksburg, VA, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eagan
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006075:Governing Board; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006278:Medicare; D009229:Mythology; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014838:Volunteers