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.
In 2010, approximately 1.58 million patients received hospice care in more than 3,500 Medicare-certified hospice agencies: 58 percent were freestanding or independent; 21.3 percent were part of a hospital system; 19.2 percent were home health care-based; and about 1.5 percent were skilled nursing facility-based. Routine home care â $146.63 per day for services that patients need on a day-to-day basis. 2  Continuous home care â $855.79 per day for services during crises or at least eight hours a day to manage acute symptoms.