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MAC Rejects More Than 2/3 Of Long-Stay Hospice Claims

Published on Fri May 16, 2014

Key: Your documentation must continue to support a six-month prognosis. If you’re submitting hospice claims that have a length of stay ranging from 150 to 365 days, you’d better make sure you can back them up with documentation of the prognosis. In the first quarter of this year, HHH Medi-care Administrative Contractor CGS denied a whopping 69 percent of claims [...]
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