Industry Note:
Note These Changes To Hospice Cost Report Form
Published on Wed Jun 08, 2011
The hospice cost report form and instructions have some changes related to inpatient general care costs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is rephrasing the term "inpatient general care costs," which is changing from "general inpatient care costs" to be consistent with "inpatient respite costs." And CMS has added a new section to the form and corresponding instructions to capture the drug, durable medical equipment/oxygen, and medical supply costs relating to inpatient general care services, CMS says in June Transmittal No. 8 at
www.cms.gov/transmittals/downloads/R8P238.pdf.