Eli's Hospice Insider

Published on Sun Oct 14, 2012 PDF

Hospices waiting for official notice of Medicaid rates will find they look very familiar, since they are almost the same as Medicare rates. See the rates -- $153.65 (Routine Home Care), $895.91 (Continuous Home Care), $167.07 (Inpatient Respite Care), and $682.59 (General Inpatient Care) -- in a Sept. 7 CMS memo at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/Hospice/Downloads/hospicerates2013.pdf. The Inpatient Respite Care rate varies the most in comparison with Medicare rates for fiscal year 2013, which are in a transmittal at www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Transmittals/Downloads/R2497CP.pdf. Rates took effect Oct. 1.