Physician’s Area
Billing for Hospice Patients
Working together as a team will help us all improve our billing procedures and provide excellent quality of care to our patients. Services that are unrelated and not under the hospice benefit are still billed under the patients Medicare. Medicare Physician Billing Jan 2010 Services not related to the treatment of the terminal condition [...]
Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill
The onset of a serious illness or injury can affect much more than a person’s health. Knowing what steps to tale to get your financial and legal affairs in order is often vitally important not only to you, but to your loved ones.
Physician Request for Hospice Form
Physicians can download the form to complete when a request for an evaluation to Hospice is needed.
Hospice and Palliative Care
The following are some signs that your patient may experience better quality of life with hospice care.
Hospice Facts
What is the proportion of Medicare reimbursement for Medical Services in the last 6 months of life? Hospice services accounted for 12.1% of all Medicare reimbursements in the last 6 months of life versus 47.8% for acute inpatient care in the last 6 months of life. What proportions of U.S. deaths are served by hospice? The [...]