tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 13

Hospice: Hospice Use May Grow If Concurrent Care Demo Takes Off

PPACA isn't all bad news for hospice providers. Many terminally ill patients refuse to elect Medicare's hospice benefit because they would have to give up curative treatment, but the new health care reform law could change their perspective. Children will benefit immediately from the new health law, as it instructs Medicaid to cover simultaneous hospice and curative care for children with terminal illnesses. At the same time, another provision -- the Medicare Hospice Concurrent Care Demonstration Program - directs the Health and Human Services Secretary to establish a three-year demonstration program that would allow patients who are eligible for...

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