tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 2

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Hospices--Shore Up Your Claims Data

Starting in July, CMS requires claims to be a lot more detailedAccording to MLN Matters article MM5567, hospice providers will have to -describe the services provided in the course of delivering each hospice level of care billed- as of July 1. Starting then, hospice providers will have to indicate on their claims the number of services/visits provided to each Medicare patient. In addition, the hospice claim should demonstrate the total number of direct patient care visits per category -and not as an aggregate total for all,- the article states.In the article, CMS also outlines what does not...

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