Can I sell medical equipment that was provided by hospice and never picked up?

Make sure that it was actually purchased and not rented by Medicare. If your parent was on hospice care less than a month, Medicare might only have rented the equipment. It would be a terrible thing to have a bill presented to you if you sell equipment that does not belong to you. Send a letter to the provider return receipt requested advising them that you will be disposing of the equipment unless otherwise notified within 15 business days.

My mother on traditional Medicare was provided a hospital bed. Her Medicare paperwork showed the bed each month. Medicare was making a rental payment on it. After a number of months of Medicare paying for it. 12 or 24, I can't remember now, the bed belonged to her.
If you look at your fathers paperwork from Medicare you should be able to find the information needed to communicate with them.
You haven't had it long enough to own it if the rules are the same in your state. Obviously someone dropped the ball.

See if there is a label on the underside with a vendor name on it, like Soandso Home Health Care (HHC) or Durable Medical Supply. I doubt you'd make much selling a bed since most are rentals covered by insurance. But your liability could be high. Id find the durable med supply house on the label or call the predominant one in your area.

You can also call the hospice company which ordered the hospital bed. It might have more power to get the DME back out to get the bed.

Either way, I'd be seriously concerned about eventual liability as sooner or later I would think an inventory would reveal that a bed is missing. And if you've sold it, you may be on the hook for it. Read the terms and conditions of use when the bed was delivered.

Check to make sure it is not rented.
I know that once Medicare pays for DME if you sell it, it may be unethical because accepting payment if Medicare paid can be considered fraud. Medicare should be reimbursed as they paid.
Tricky situation.

The equipment provided by Hospice is rented.
Most equipment is picked up, sanitized and rented again.
Some equipment is single use, or single patient.
A commode chair is cleaned and rented again but the waste bucket is disposed of.
A lift is cleaned and rented again but some of the slings are single patient.
There should be a toll free number on the equipment contact the company and ask that they come and get the items. They will tell you if they are single patient or if they need to be returned.
Contact Hospice. Explain the situation and ask that the equipment be picked up.
It might have been that the paperwork for this may have been over looked. And it is possible that they have been paying rental on this equipment. (not a strong possibility but patient numbers on orders may have been mixed up and someone else had equipment that was picked up in error.)
In any case if after exhausting all possibilities if you are still stuck with this equipment and you want to get rid of it look in your area for a Senior Service that has a Medical Lending Closet. They will loan equipment to people that need it but can not afford rental. You will get a tax deduction for the donation. Selling used medical equipment does pose liability risks to both buyer and seller.

Check with the Hospice company. My experience was that Hospice rented equipment like beds,
wheelchairs and oxygen concentrators. Things like walkers and commodes were puchased because they said they could not be sterilized and given to another patient. They were left at the patient's house and the caregivers could use them or get rid of them. When i had my first hip replacement I was told what I would need such as raised toilet seat, walker and comode. I was responsible for obtaining those and found them for a few $s each at various sales. That suited me just fine. needless to say I kept everything for future use.

Legally? No. It's not yours to sell.
Call them again.

I ran into that with a C-Pap machine. One call and they came almost immediately.

My sympathies for the loss of your loved one.
I would contact Hospice.
Hospice made all the arrangements for my dad's bed, wheelchair and bedtable to be picked up.
Everything was picked up the next day. Everything else was left for the family to decide what to do with. We had alot of diapers, creams, lotions, shampoos, chuxs and medication etc.
I would not want to get a bill down the road for this equipment so I would exhaust all measures to
to have them pick it up or advise you if you keep it. Whatever you do...get everything in writing.
Good luck

The chuks, diapers, etc do not go back. As a non-profit assoc. my office would get this stuff donated on a regular basis. The nurses would use them for our patients. If u have these things and want to donate call a Visiting nurse agency, Red Cross or even nursing homes. Maybe someone being cared for would appreciate them to help with the cost of purchasing. Open bottles or tubes should not be donated.