Hospice:
New Coding Restrictions Will Hit Many Hospices Hard
Published on Fri May 24, 2013
Tip: Look to your secondary diagnoses for the ‘real’ principal code. CMS says it’s just clarifying existing policy with its new ban on "debility" and "adult failure to thrive" as primary diagnoses on hospice claims, but that so-called clarification is going to mean major changes for many hospices. The list of organizations ringing the alarm bell about hospices [...]