- Medicare Hospice Quick Reference Sheet
- Hospice Certifying Physician Medicare Enrollment Information
- Hospice Claim Reporting Requirements for Attending and Certifying Physicians
- 17729 Hospice Claim Edit for Certifying Physicians
- Billing Hospice Transfers
- Hospice Notice of Election Termination/Revocation (Type of Bill 8xB)
- Hospice Room and Board Denials
- Professional Services During a Patient Hospice Election
- Incarcerated or Unlawfully Present in the U.S. Claim Rejections (U538H, U538Q)
- Termination of the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model on 12/31/2024
- Counting 60-Day Election Periods
- Untimely Filed Notice of Election Circumstance Exception: Medicare Beneficiary Is Granted Retroactive Medicare Entitlement
- Hospice Billing Codes Chart
- Appropriate Use of Occurrence Code 27 and Occurrence Span Code 77
- Hospice Notice of Change of Ownership
- Filing an Electronic Notice of Change of Ownership (TOB 8XE)
- Hospice Change of Ownership
- Filing an Electronic Notice of Cancelation (Type of Bill 8XD)
- Filing an Electronic Notice of Transfer (Type of Bill 8XC)
- Counting 60-Day Election Periods - Leap Year
- Hospice Site of Service Codes
- Billing Hospice Physician, Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Services (Related To Terminal Diagnosis)
- Hospice Visit Reporting
- The Medicare Hospice Benefit: Effects on Other Provider Types
- Counting 90-Day Election Periods - Leap Year
- Reporting Hospice Discharges, Revocations and Transfers
- Avoiding Reason Code 7C625: Appropriate Use of Remarks on Final Hospice Claims
- Hospice Claim Submission Job Aid
- Counting 90-Day Election Periods
- Hospice Quality Reporting Program
- Filing an Electronic Notice of Election (Type of Bill 8XA)
- Value-Based Insurance Design Model Hospice Benefit Component Overview
- Documentation for Hospice Transfers
- Hospice Billing Instructions for Influenza, Pneumococcal and Hepatitis B Vaccines
- Canceling a Hospice Notice of Election
- How to Bill When the Hospice Face-to-Face is Late from a Previous Benefit Period
- Billing Medicare for a Denial - Condition Code 21
- Reminder on Deleting Revenue Code Line(s) in the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System Direct Data Entry System
Hospice Quality Reporting Program
Along with the other MACs, National Government Services has received several requests from new hospice providers, as well as national and state hospice associations, regarding training and assistance for new hospice agencies.
New hospice agencies must report quality data or be subject to a 4% current payment penalty. The following information on the CMS website regarding quality reporting is available 24/7, 365 days a year.
CMS offers support for new and existing hospice providers with topics such as setting up a new provider profile for submission of hospice quality data, performing patient assessments and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data:
- The Hospice Quality Reporting Program
- The Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements and Best Practices
- The Hospice Quality Reporting Program Announcements and Spotlight
- Hospice Public Reporting: Background and Announcements
Within these links, you will find that CMS offers trainings, best practices, public reporting, spotlight information and other useful information developed to decrease provider burden, increase knowledge and provide a smooth transition for new Medicare-certified hospice providers learning the required processes and policies of the HQRP program.
Reviewed 5/21/2024