It occurs when your nerves are damaged by an injury or disease, such as diabetes. Your nerves send extra electrical signals to the brain. This causes pain when you do something that is not normally painful, like putting on shoes. Diabetic nerve pain is a sign that the nerves in your feet or hands are damaged.
Medicare paid an average of $153 per day, per person, in 2010 to cover hospice care, in the following categories: 1  Routine home care â $146.63 per day for services that patients need on a day-to-day basis.
Medicare pays a flat fee for hospice care â about $100 a day. The first days and the final days require the most time from hospice workers. In the first days, a hospice must get up to speed with the patient, the family, the doctor and anyone else involved in the care. In the patient's last days, hospice workers may be at the bedside 24 hours a day.