Hospice health directors can bill for consults

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers identify a new Medicare hospice-related service and understand that the article also contains a separate payment-change table affecting multiple procedure codes. That makes it useful for reimbursement, compliance, and fee schedule monitoring in hospice and physician billing settings.

Article Sections

1. Hospice health directors can bill for consults

   Overview of a new Medicare hospice-related consult benefit, including the general service purpose, provider participation, and related documentation and payment context.

2. 15 codes with big pay boosts in 2005

   A summary table of selected CPT and HCPCS services with notable increases in 2005 Medicare physician fee schedule payments.

3. 15 codes with big pay cuts in 2005

   A summary table of selected CPT and HCPCS services with notable decreases in 2005 Medicare physician fee schedule payments.