Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet
The revised Hospice Payment System Fact Sheet (November 2009)
is now available in print format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services Medicare Learning Network. This fact sheet
provides general information about the Medicare hospice benefit including
coverage of hospice services, certification requirements, election periods,
how payment rates are set, patient coinsurance payments, caps on hospice
payments, and additional reporting required on hospice claims. To
place your order, visit http://www.cms.gov/MLNGenInfo/
,
scroll down to “Related Links Inside CMS” and select “MLN
Product Ordering Page.”
Page last updated: January 19, 2010