Category Archives: Compliance

Special Focus Group Hospices Named

As promised, the first 50 hospices to be chosen for scrutiny and participation in the CMS Special Focus Program have been named.  There were no surprises as states that have recently come under scrutiny are well represented including California (14 programs), Texas (10 programs) and a respectable showing for the state of Georgia (5 programs).…

Hospice Wound Care and Vendors: The Risk of Unbundling

Can third party wound care providers bill Medicare Part B for wound supplies for hospice patients? This is a question that has come up frequently in the last year. Many of our hospice clients have been approached (repeatedly and aggressively) by wound care organizations who offer free wound supplies for hospice patients, free unlimited consultation…