Home Health & Hospice Week

If you want to bulletproof your hospice claims against Medicare denials, one HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor is offering an updated tool to help.

Palmetto GBA has posted a revised version of its Hospice Record Audit tool, the MAC says on its website. “This form will assist providers in auditing their medical records,” Palmetto says.

The tool is comprised of a 45-item checklist with “yes,” “no,” and “N/A” options, including an 11-item section on the new hospice addendum. One of the items: “It is titled ‘Patient Notification of Hospice Non-Covered Items, Services, and Drugs’?”

Access the updated tool at www.palmettogba.com/Palmetto/Providers.Nsf/files/Hospice_Documentation_Audit_Tool.pdf/$File/Hospice_Documentation_Audit_Tool.pdf.