To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide attending physicians greater authority in determining whether a Medicare beneficiary is eligible for hospice care under the Medicare Program.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of terminally ill with respect to hospice care to allow attending physicians to determine whether a Medicare beneficiary is eligible for hospice care under the Medicare program without regard to current law requirements that the individual's life expectancy be six months or less.…