DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 3 (March)

Certification rules for Medicare hospice coverage clarified by CMS

Your physicians may certify a patient for hospice care up to 15 days prior to the patient electing hospice treatment, CMS clarifies in transmittal 2171 to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual. Each recertification for additional hospice care may also be done up to 15 days before those periods begin.

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