To: NHPCO Members
From: NHPCO Health Policy Team
Date: October 12, 2012
Hospice Claims Processing Issue Update
This morning, Friday October 12, 2012, NHPCO received communication from CMS about the billing glitch that is affecting all hospice claims. CMS reports that a “fix” has been developed for the certifying physician billing issue (2310F) and if testing goes well, the “fix” will be in production on October 19, 2012.
To: NHPCO Members
From: NHPCO Health Policy Team
Date: July 24, 2012
FY2013 Hospice Payment Rates
Summary at a Glance:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the FY2013 Medicare Hospice payment rates. These rates show an increase of 1.6% over FY2012. The cap amount is set at $25,377.01 for the cap year ending October 31, 2012.
National attention has turned to the Supreme Court decision declaring the bulk of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) constitutional. Specifically, the Supreme Court noted that the individual mandate enforcement mechanism can be viewed as a “tax” and as such, falls within the power of Congress to levy taxes. In addition, the Supreme Court noted limitations on the Medicaid expansion under the ACA.
