tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 6

HOSPICE: Ward Off Hospice Audits By Helping SNF Partners

SNF patients on hospice are a trouble spot for both providers. You may find your relationships with your skilled nursing facility partners coming to an abrupt end if their hospice patients bring them a truckload of survey trouble. The OIG found that 82 percent of all hospice claims for nursing home residents failed to meet at least one Medicare requirement, according to a recent report. These included "failure to meet care planning requirements, or providing fewer services than set forth in the plan of care," says attorney Mary Michal, with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren in Madison, Wis. This...

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