Increased regulatory and clinical oversight is needed to address common billing and documentation errors related to hospice general inpatient care, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Inaccurate billing was among the driving forces behind the OIG’s recently announced nationwide audit of general inpatient hospice […]
Hospices need to have solid documentation to demonstrate a patient’s need for general inpatient care (GIP) as regulatory oversight zeroes in on those services. GIP can involve longer stays and higher costs. For these reasons, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is launching a new audit […]
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently announced plans to launch a new audit that will focus on general inpatient hospice services. Longer general inpatient hospice stays and high-cost issues are reasons for the audit, dubbed the “Audit of Selected, High-Risk Medicare Hospice General Inpatient Services,” […]
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