Untimely NOE: Requesting an Exception
Hospice Acronym Alphabet Soup
Are you confused by the Acronym Alphabet Soup? Does the never ending list of acronyms used in the hospice and healthcare industry leave you confused? Are you worried that you may confuse CMN with CMP? To help sort out the confusion, we add here links to lists of...
Timely filing of Notice of Election
A hospice must file a Notice of Election (NOE) within five days after the beneficiary's hospice admission date. What is considered timely filing of an NOE? For an NOE to be considered timely: The NOE must have a receipt date within five calendar days after the hospice...
What is a MAC?
A Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) is a private health care insurer that has been awarded a geographic jurisdiction to process Medicare Part A and Part B medical claims for Fee For Service (FFS) beneficiaries.CMS relies on these contractors to serve as the...
How to Submit a Notice of Election
What is a Notice of Election? When a Medicare beneficiary elects hospice services, the hospice must complete an election notice with the beneficiary and file a Notice of Election (NOE) with Medicare. When must a Notice of Election be submitted? A hospice notice...
Unusual Circumstances: Face to Face Encounters
Prior to the third hospice benefit period, and prior to each subsequent benefit period, a hospice physician or nurse practitioner is required to have a face to face encounter with the hospice patient to recertify that the patient continues to be Medicare eligible for...
What is Face to Face Recertification?
A hospice face to face encounter is a step in patient recertification beginning with the third benefit period and each benefit period thereafter. The goal of hospice face to face patient encounter is to encourage greater involvement of the physician in the care of...
Core Services: Using Employees versus Contractors
Hospice Conditions of Participation - employees versus contractors Hospice conditions of participation require that almost all hospice core services are delivered by hospice agency employees and may not be delivered by contractors. Hospice core services include: ...