Company Profile...

Odyssey HealthCare is one of the largest providers of Hospice services in the country. Our uniquely talented interdisciplinary teams care for patients who have many different types of illnesses and who come from every walk of life and background.

Our offices are located in Austin, Baytown, Brownsville, Beaumont, Bryan/College Station, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio, Temple, Tyler and Waco. With staff available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we help alleviate suffering and fear and assure that terminally ill patients and their loved ones are not alone.

Odyssey offers many services, some of which include, but are not limited to:

The Odyssey Team...You Can Count on Me!

Team members commitment to serving with excellence and compassion is embodied in this phrase. Often referred to by our patients and families as "Angels on Earth", the Odyssey Team consists of :

Physicians/Nurses, Social Workers/Spiritual Care, Coordinators/Certified Home Health Aides, Specially trained Volunteers/Bereavement Coordinators/Other end of life specialists

Odyssey services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We serve patients wherever they reside-in homes, assisted living facilities, long term care facilities or hospitals. Our dedicated team of Odyssey professionals is guided by the choices and decisions made by the patient, family and physician.

Wherever you are whenever you need us, we are here for you. Care/Respect/Dignity. The end of life can be a deeply meaningful time filled with love and profound care. Yet it can also seem confusing and isolating and even painful. It is during this journey that Odyssey Healthcare offers compassion, comfort and care.

Specialized hospice care is more a concept, rather than a specific place. Also known as a type of "palliative" or comfort care, hospice affirms life and does not hasten the end of life. It is the model for quality, compassionate care for people coping with a life-limiting illness.

Odyssey Healthcare's interdisciplinary team members focus on the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their loved ones, offering the care they choose in their home and a variety of settings.

Our family of caregiver’s assist with real concerns, relieving and managing medical symptoms, helping with a wide range of needs of our patients and their loved ones. With professional, compassionate care, the heart of our mission is to improve the quality of life for our patients.

When is Hospice Needed?

When medical treatments cannot cure an illness, Odyssey may be needed. We help patients and their families when an illness is progressive and irreversible, and comfort care is desired. Typically the patients physician and the Odyssey physician agree that the patient has an estimated life expectancy of six months or less. We aggressively treat the symptoms caused by the disease when the disease cannot be cured.

Medicare Covers Hospice at 100%

Odyssey accepts the Medicare and Medicaid hospice benefit as payment in full for it's services with no out of pocket expenses for patients and their families.  We also work closely with Private Insurance Companies and Managed Care Organizations to maximize available hospice benefits subject to applicable co-payment ad deductible amounts.

Our care enables patients to live each day to the fullest, while sharing the time that remains in the supportive circle of family and friends. It is not simply what we do. It is who we are.

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