The nationwide recovery auditor (RAC) that handles issues involving home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) recently added an issue involving DME while in hospice.
 
According to a description of the issue: "All DME billed after the admit date of a beneficiary to hospice services and before the discharge date of a beneficiary from hospice services, will be denied as inclusive to hospice services unless there is a GW modifier present indicating DME is not related to the hospice diagnosis."