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Hospices Fear Financial Implications Under Expanded Diagnosis Code Reporting
Published on Fri May 24, 2013
CMS: ‘Hospices are required to provide virtually all the care that is needed ... at the end of life.’ Medicare won’t be returning hospice claims that list only one diagnosis code, but providers can bet those claims will come under increased scrutiny. Despite instructions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in last year’s payment rule, hospices are [...]