Published May 27, 2015
Samt9
26 Posts
This may be a silly question, but I don't have any clue about Hospice nursing and mileage and I would like to know more about what that means? Do all Hospice jobs require you to travel to patient's homes?
softrbreeze
149 Posts
If you are seeing home hospice patients, then yes. Mileage refers to how much you are reimbursed per mile. The figure goes up and down with gas prices, typically quarterly. If you are working for an inpatient hospice, then you probably won't get mileage reimbursement unless you are a liason or admissions nurse. I think mileage is probably reimbursed at about 45 to 70 cents/mile depending on state/company choice and mileage to/from your home to office is not typically covered unless you are working on-call.
Nascar nurse, ASN, RN
2,218 Posts
Ours is $0.21. Seems really low
lifelearningrn, BSN, RN
2,622 Posts
.21 is low. We get .44 and even that is low, from what I'm told.
toomuchbaloney
14,942 Posts
New Standard Mileage Rates Now Available; Business Rate to Rise in 2015
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2015, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car, van, pickup or panel truck will be:57.5 cents per mile for business miles driven, up from 56 cents in 201423 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes, down half a cent from 201414 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations
If your employer doesn't provide the maximum amount for business travel you may claim that difference on your taxes.
Poppyfields00
10 Posts
...that's awful.
I get travel time and mileage. I don't know the exact figures, let me check.
QuiltDog
134 Posts
I think we are at 50 cents/ mile now
Marshall1
1,002 Posts
Unless you work an inpatient hospice unit, then yes, you would go to the patient's home or where they are living (such as an LTC facility).
Jack Hazz, BSN, RN
58 Posts
I really do not pay much attention to mileage since my hospice company likes to put us in areas close to home. And travelling is one thing I do not really care much about anyway. But they do pay us $p 0.50 to 0.57 a mile.