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Hospice Care and Medicare: LTCI Insider | ThinkAdvisor
Billing for end-of-life care can be confusing, even for a veteran long-term care planner.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare, is aware of this type of regrettable situation. There’s a new Medicare hospice rule, effective in October 2020, that says Medicare hospices are required to include an “addendum” to the hospice election statement outlining non-covered services, supplies, and medicines. The objective of this procedural change is to enhance financial coverage transparency upon admission and hold hospices accountable.
Billing for end-of-life care can be confusing, even for a veteran long-term care planner.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare, is aware of this type of regrettable situation. There’s a new Medicare hospice rule, effective in October 2020, that says Medicare hospices are required to include an “addendum” to the hospice election statement outlining non-covered services, supplies, and medicines. The objective of this procedural change is to enhance financial coverage transparency upon admission and hold hospices accountable.
