Revision to Processing Hospice Visit Charges on Remittance Advices and Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs)
Hospice visit charges that are covered in the hospice bundled payment are
showing on the remittance advice and MSN as non-covered. To reduce confusion, improper secondary
payments and unnecessary appeals by beneficiaries, CMS will process these charges as covered on the
remittance advice and MSN.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 24, 2009
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