Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
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• Don't miss the newest instructions from the feds on how to accurately comply with hospice claims reporting requirements. In a new set of questions and answers, CMS has clarified how to report time on hospice claims, said CMS's Katie Lucas in a Dec. 2 Open Door Forum. For example:
"Documentation time (such as the updating of medical records) which occurs during, and as part of, an otherwise covered and billable visit to a patient can be included in the time reported for the visit," the Q&A says. "Documentation time which occurs outside the context of such a visit is not reportable."
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For a link to the Q&As, go to CMS's hospice Web site online at www.cms.hhs.gov/center/hospice.asp.Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
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