DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2014 Issue 1 (January)
Avoid Medicare denials with proper modifiers for services to hospice patients
Use modifiers GW (Service unrelated to terminal condition) and GV (Attending physician not employed or paid under agreement by the patient’s hospice provider) for your hospice patient-related claims to avoid Medicare denials as payers eye hospice claims for wrongful payments.
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