To receive hospice services under the Medicare Hospice Benefit, the patient (or his/her authorized representative) must elect hospice care by signing an election statement. Each hospice designs and prints their own election statement.
As you develop your own Hospice election statements and certifications of terminal illness, please review the MLN Matters Special Edition Articles SE1631
and SE1628 for specific requirements you must include for valid documentation as well as example text.
and SE1628 for specific requirements you must include for valid documentation as well as example text.
At a certain Nashua Hospital, patients are UNKNOWINGLY Forced into Hospice/Palliative Care against their will, without consultation and without signing ANY consent forms! So why is Medicare paying these Bills when its illegal?
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