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- CMS has issued a revised CR 5567, (re-issued April 29, 2008), which requires hospice providers to report data on their claims for Medicare payment, describing the visits provided in the course of delivering each hospice level of care billed. The premise of the revisions to CR 5567 is that for services provided on or after July 1, 2008, CMS will not require the reporting of visit data from non-hospice staff in contract facilities providing General Inpatient Care, at this time. For additional information, see CR5567 FAQs.
- CMS-1548-P [PDF & TEXT]: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update the hospice wage index for FY 2009. As part of that proposed rule, CMS also proposes a phased-in elimination of an adjustment, the budget neutrality adjustment factor (BNAF), to the hospice wage index that was put into place over 10 years ago to help hospices through a transitional period to a new wage index. The combined effects of a 25% reduction to the BNAF in FY 2009 and an estimated 3.0% market basket update are estimated to increase payment to hospices in FY 2009 by 1.9%. For more information, see the Fact Sheet. (Display Date: April 28, 2008; Publication Date: May 1, 2008; Comments due by 5pm on June 27, 2008)
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| - CMS-1548-P [PDF & TEXT]: Proposed Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2009 (issued May 1, 2008)
- CMS-1539-CN: Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2008; Correction (issued October 1, 2007)
CMS-1539-F: Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2008 (issued August 31, 2007) - CR 5567: Reporting of Additional Data to Describe Services on Hospice Claims (re-issued April 29, 2008)
- CR 5670: Payment for Hospice Care Based on Location Where Care is Furnished (issued July 13, 2007)
- CR 5685: Update to the Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and the Hospice Pricer for FY 2008 (issued June 29, 2007)
- Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2008 (CMS-1539-P) (on display April 26, 2007) (issued May 1, 2007)
- CR 5596: Medicare Program, Correction of Hospice Cap for FYs 2003 and 2004 (issued April 20, 2007)
- Hospice Wage Index for FY 2007: Correction Notice (CMS-1535-CN) (issued October 3, 2006)
- Hospice Wage Index for FY 2007 (CMS-1535-N) (issued September 1, 2006)
- CR 5254: Update To The Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and the Hospice Pricer For FY 2007 (re-issued October 27, 2006)
- CR 5245: Instructions for Reporting Hospice Services in Greater Line Item Detail (issued July 28, 2006)
- CR 5117: Special Issues Associated with the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) for Hospice Providers and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs) (issued June 30, 2006)
- Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2006: Final Rule, correction (CMS-1286-CN) (issued September 30, 2005)
- Hospice Wage Index FY 2006: Final Rule (CMS-1286-F) (issued August 4, 2005)
- CR 3977: Update To The Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and the Hospice Pricer For FY 2006 (Effective October 1, 2005)
- Hospice Wage Index FY 2006: Proposed Rule (CMS-1286-P) (issued April 29, 2005)
- Hospice Wage Index FY 2005: Notice (CMS-1264-N) (issued August 27, 2004)
- CR 3386: Medicare Program -Update to the Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and the Hospice Pricer for FY 2005 (Effective 10/1/2004)
- Hospice Wage Index FY 2004: Notice (CMS-1233-N) (issued September 30, 2003)
- Hospice Wage Index FY 2003: Notice (CMS-1211-N) (issued August 30, 2002)
- Hospice Wage Index FY 2002 (CMS-1175-N) (issued September 27, 2001) Notice and Correction Notice (issued October 12, 2001)
- Hospice Care Amendments (CMS-1022-F) (issued November 22, 2005)
- Hospice Conditions of Participation; Proposed Rule (CMS-3844-P) (issued May 27, 2005)
- Medicare and Medicaid Programs;
Reapproval of the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) for Deeming Authority for Hospices (CMS-2182-FN) (issued September 26, 2003) - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)(Billing)- Medicare information on electronic transactions under HIPAA
Managed Care - Medicare Hospice Data
- FAQs on charges for the uninsured (PDF, 103KB)
- FAQ regarding offering discounts to the uninsured (PDF, 8KB)
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