Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Hospice Regulations:

Expect Hospice Bookkeeping Nightmares to Continue

Proposed changes to the Hospice Item Set tool to align HIS to other post-acute care settings. Hospice providers continue to suffer from Medicare payments glitches that hit where it hurts most — the bottom line. For example: “An issue has been identified with the two separate payment rates for [Routine Home Care] services,” HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA notes [...]
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