Hospice
04/25/2024
Hospice providers have to stay prepared for patients who live past their six-month lifespan, but they also need to make sure they’re in compliance with CMS and Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) regulations, as any significant length of stay is a target for audits.
04/18/2024
CMS quietly updated model examples in March for the Notice of Election Statement (NOE) and the Patient Notification of Hospice Non-Covered Items, Services and Drugs, also known as the election statement addendum.
04/11/2024
Hospice providers will need to prioritize staff education this year around the CAHPS Hospice Survey, with significant changes expected to begin with collections in January 2025.
03/14/2024
CMS said it is ending the hospice benefit test “after carefully considering recent feedback about the increasing operational challenges of the Hospice Benefit Component and limited and decreasing participation among MAOs that may impact a thorough evaluation.”
02/22/2024
With increased audit activity around hospice services, agencies should be prepared to handle a variety of audit types, sometimes for the same services, at any given time.
01/18/2024
While many of the most common hospice principal diagnoses remained the same as previous years, one code, I63.9 (Cerebral infarction, unspecified), stood out to experts for making the list.
01/18/2024
Hospice experts were surprised to see I63.9 (Cerebral infarction, unspecified) among the top 20 reported hospice principal diagnoses.
11/09/2023
CMS is moving forward with the hospice Special Focus Program, effective January 1. Unfortunately, it’s too late for hospices to make changes to avoid being selected for the program.
10/26/2023
As CMS takes a closer look at hospice documentation, many of the technical mistakes made around documentation at the Start of Care could cause denials.
10/19/2023
It is important that hospice coders accurately capture the terminal diagnosis and understand when it would be appropriate to change the diagnosis to ensure the patient is receiving the appropriate care and interventions.

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