Healthcare Provider Resources

Quick Links for Referring Physicians

• Cancer
• Stroke and Coma
• Pulmonary Disease
• Heart Disease
• Liver Disease
• Dementia
• FAST Scale
• PPS Scale
• Discussing Hospice
• Big Bend Hospice Service Area

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Referrals/Intake: (850) 878-5310

Please remember to dial the area code even when calling local.

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How can Hospice assist you in caring for your patients?

• Assist Physician in having difficult conversations with patients and families regarding transitioning from curative care to palliative care.
  
• Big Bend Hospice Physicians are available for Medical Team consults.
  
• Hospice pays for medications related to hospice diagnosis and comfort care, easing the financial burden to patients and families.
  
• Decrease hospital admissions, length of stay in hospitals, and 30-day readmissions.
  
• Assist with discharge planning from hospital to home/facility.
  
• Reduce the number of physician phone calls by providing a 24-hour phone number for patient and family support.
  
• Provide DME including/but not limited to O2, hospital bed, wheelchair, walker, at NO cost to patient or family.
  
• Provide medication management, including narcotics, to patients for symptom management.
  
• Improve caregiver outcomes and patient/family satisfaction.
  
• Prevent unnecessary and expensive treatment of a patient at end of life.