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The Hospice Medicaid Room & Board Solution

Hospice Medicaid Room & Board Pass-Through Billing Medicaid, which differs from state to state, enacted a rule that when hospice patients are housed in a facility such as a skilled nursing facility, the hospice agency bills Medicaid for the facility’s room and board daily rate. Medicaid then pays the hospice agency the lump sum of…

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Update Your Hospice Election Statement

It’s time to shift gears again. On July 31, 2020, CMS issued final rule (CMS-1733-F) that updates the Medicare hospice payments for FY 2021, in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. There are important changes to pay attention to as these changes will impact your agency’s Election Statement. 1. The Right to Request Notification…

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Export Your Own Hospice Charts!

It’s YOUR Data! The only thing worse than having your data held hostage by your EMR is census based pricing. A commitment to partnership & service isn’t just words. Partnership means a commitment to service & delivering features that your clients actually need and not nickel and diming them for what should be core functionality…

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Hospice Tools Checklists by Discipline

Whether your hospice agency is a startup or a nationwide enterprise, your team members will appreciate having checklists by discipline to help keep them on track. Check back regularly as we add more checklists for additional hospice & palliative team members or hop over to our help page @ https://www.hospicetools.com/hospice-tools-help-guide/ Click on a checklist to…

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Hospice Deficiency: Care Plans

The hospice plan of care is consistently flagged as a CMS top deficiency for hospice agencies.  According to CMS in 2019 nearly 60% of hospices got flagged for a deficiency relating to plan of care and hospice aide services Click here for the full OIG 2019 report: https://www.hospicetools.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Hospice-Deficiencies-Pose-Risks-to-Medicare-Beneficiaries-OIG-Report.pdf 1. What is a Hospice Plan of…

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