tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 4

Hospice: Hospices May Need Additional Details From Physicians Based on New Recommendations

MedPAC also targets 5 hot spots for focus areas, which could burden some hospices if put into effect. If your physicians treat hospice patients, the new recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) could cost you precious time, resources, and Medicare reimbursement, if they are adopted. In addition to advocating sweeping payment structure reform for hospices, MedPAC approved measures in its Jan. 9 meeting that would impose new administrative and payment requirements on hospices. The recommendations will go into the advisory body's March report to Congress. One of the biggest paperwork headaches would be a proposal to require...

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