Industry Notes
Published on Tue Mar 16, 2010
• Don't forget about two new hospice billing requirements that take effect this month.Number 1: For hospice claims and notices of election with dates of service on or after April 1, you must include the attending physician's information in the ATT PHYS (FL 76) field and the certifying physician's info in the OTH PHYS (FL 79) field, RHHI Cahaba GBA explains on its Web site. Number 2: For claims submitted on or after April 29, you must report a separate level of care revenue code line each time the level of care changes, Cahaba says. More details and resources are at
www.cahabagba.com/rhhi/news/20100409_hospice.htm.