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CMS FINALIZES ADDITIONAL HOSPICE CLAIMS DATA REPORTING MANDATE

Published on Wed Apr 01, 2009

Get the details on the new requirement that hits hospices Jan. 1. Hospices will be glad to provide more information on claims about the care they're providing, but the clearer picture will come at a price. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized its proposal for the next phase of hospice data reporting on claims, according to April 24 Transmittal No. 6440 (CR 1713). The requirements, which will become mandatory Jan. 1,2010, look very similar to the proposal CMS floated last fall (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XVII, No. 41, p. 322). Hospices must report visits only for Routine Home Care, Continuous Home Care, and Respite Care, CMS says. CMS will require hospices to report on claims visits in 15-minute increments by nurses, aides, and social workers who are employed by the hospice. Additionally, hospices must report visits in 15-minute units for physical, occupational, and speech-language therapists regardless of [...]
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