Home Health & Hospice Week

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Beware Penalty For Missing/Late/ Invalid Addendums

The beneficiary’s entire stay could be at risk. Just how much is at stake when hospices goof up addendums starting Oct. 1? No one seems to know for sure yet, but it could be brutal. In the 2021 hospice payment final rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cites this from a commenter addressing the requirement’s status as a [...]
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