Means Testing

What is Means Testing?

Means testing is a confidential income evaluation that the Ministry of Health (MOH) requires HCA Hospice Care to conduct to determine a patient’s financial position in order to provide the annual grant for our services.

How Means Testing Helps Fund HCA Hospice Care

HCA Hospice Care is able to provide free home care service through subsidy support from the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and MOH as well as donations from foundations corporate sponsors and the public. This enables HCA Hospice Care to defray costs for a patient’s home care service. The subsidy received is variable, ranging from 25% to 75% of the cost of a doctor’s or nurses’s visit. This is determined by means testing.

Patients or their families are requested to complete the MOH means test application form with the help of our social work assistant. Information on the per capita income of a patient’s family and supporting documents are required.

Supporting Documents Required

We require the following from patients, their spouses and immediate family members:

1. Identity card or passport
2. Current pay slip or latest tax returns
3. Documents indicating all sources of family members’ income must be submitted together with their NRIC numbers. These include current pay slips or latest income tax returns of:
   1. all children
   2. siblings who are staying at the same address
4. Other relevant documents such as letter of adoption, retrenchment letters and Medisave Statements.

If none of (1) to (4) is available, we will need the patient to sign a self-declaration form.

Level of subsidy to HCA Hospice Care