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Hospice
Hospice is a program of palliative care consisting of medical, social and support services to terminally ill patients, when curative treatment is no longer possible. | Read more
Attention: Applicants seeking an initial parent or alternate delivery site license to provide licensed and certified hospice services (authorization to provide services to Medicare beneficiaries) should read Provider Letter #07-18, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Direction Regarding Workload Prioritization.
Communications
News & Alerts
Letters [Provider (PL) and Information (IL)]
| Number |
Title |
Date |
| IL 2012-40
PDF
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Important July 1, 2012, EDI 5010 Compliance Deadline Information -- affects Provider Claim Payment for ANSI Claim Submitters Only
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05/15/2012 |
| IL 2012-39
PDF
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Retroactive Medicaid Eligibility and Billing for Nursing Facility Room and Board in the Medicaid Hospice Program (Replaces Provider Letter 02-06)
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04/18/2012 |
| IL 2012-42
PDF
|
Hospice Aggregate Cap
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04/18/2012 |
| IL 2012-32
PDF
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How to Check for Long Term Care Claim Payment Information
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04/05/2012 |
| IL 2012-08
PDF
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Managing the Most Frequent Rejected and Denied Provider Claims
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03/22/2012 |
All provider letters for Hospice Services
State Survey and Certification Clarification (S&CC) Memos
(five most recent displayed)
| Number |
Title |
Date |
| 2011-08
PDF
|
Transferring Liquid Oxygen from One Container to Another (Replaces S&CC 03-16) |
12/23/2011 |
| 2011-05
PDF
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Distinction between HCSSA Services and Babysitting/Child Care Services |
11/21/2011 |
| 2011-04
PDF
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Administrative Personnel Evaluations |
09/20/2011 |
| 2011-01
PDF
|
Retention of Client Records and Electronic Health Records |
09/19/2011 |
| 2011-06
PDF
|
Identifiers and Identifier Key (Replaces S&CC 04-17 and S&CC 06-01) |
08/23/2011 |
All S&CC Memos
Regional Survey and Certification (RS&C) Letters
(five most recent displayed)
| Number |
Title |
Date |
| 2012-04
PDF
|
CMS Region VI-Dallas Delegation of Notification of the Imposition and Starting Date of Optional Denial of Payment for New Admissions to the State Survey Agencies in Region VI |
03/14/2012 |
| 2012-02
PDF
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Procedural Instructions for Processing Certifications Concerning Legal Names and Doing Business as Names of Providers and Suppliers |
02/17/2012 |
| 2012-01
PDF
|
Voluntary Termination and Related Processes |
02/10/2012 |
| 2010-02
PDF
|
Documents for Processing Certification Actions for All Non-Long Term Care Providers/Suppliers (except ICFs/MR and Clinical Laboratories) |
05/27/2010 |
| 2010-01
PDF
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Processing of Potential Provider Requests for Exception to the Priority Assignment of Initial Surveys |
03/02/2010 |
All RS&C Letters
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September 8, 2011
