HOSPICE: Will Your Hospice GIP Documentation Stand Up to a Tough Review?
Burnish your documentation skills.
Will your hospice general inpatient (GIP) claims pass muster with reviewers? You may find out sooner than you think, now that GIP is on reviewers' radar.
Arecent whistleblower lawsuit highlights GIP's status as a hospice hot spot. That's in large part due to the reimbursement -- more than $620 per day for GIP care versus about $140 for routine home care -- and increased utilization of the hospice care level. "The payment differential does cause the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to fret, with reason, about the use of inpatient care," notes Jay...
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