• General Information
  • Introduction
  • Core and Other Functions of Hospice
    • Introduction
    • Core Functions
    • Other Functions
  • Provider Certification
  • Scope of Service
  • Medicaid Provider Responsibilities
  • Hospice Responsibilities
  • Recipient Eligibility
  • Hospice Enrollment
  • Hospice Recipient Requirements
    • Designated Primary Provider
    • Discontinuation or Transfer
    • Recipients Residing in Nursing Homes
  • Copayment
• Covered Services
  • Hospice Care Service Categories
  • Hospice Care Services and Limitations
    • Introduction
    • Routine Care
    • Continuous Care
    • Inpatient Respite Care
    • General Inpatient Care
  • Nursing Home Room and Board
    • Introduction
    • Limitations Applicable to Nursing Home Room and Board
  • Physician Services
  • Durable Medical Equipment/Personal Care Services
  • Reimbursement Not Available
• Required Documentation
  • Introduction
  • Physician Certification/ Recertification of Terminal Illness
  • Recipient Election of Medicaid Hospice Benefit
  • Notification of Medicaid Hospice Benefit Election
  • Plan of Care
  • Ordering Forms
  • Form Retention and Submission
• Prior Authorization
  • Introduction
  • Prior Authorization for Personal Care Services
• Claims Submission
  • Introduction
  • Coordination of Benefits
  • 837 Health Care Claim: Institutional
  • UB-92
  • Billed Amounts
  • Billing Increments
  • Diagnosis Codes
  • Revenue Codes
  • Fee Schedule
• Reimbursement
  • Introduction
  • Nursing Home Room and Board
    • Introduction
    • Paper Adjustment Requests
  • Patient Liability
  • Hospice Cap on Overall Reimbursement
• Appendix
  • Appendix 1 — UB-92 (CMS 1450) Claim Form Instructions for Hospice Services
  • Appendix 2 — UB-92 Claim Form Sample
  • Appendix 3 — Physician Certification/ Recertification of Terminal Illness
  • Appendix 4 — Notification of Medicaid Hospice Benefit Election
  • Appendix 5 — Recipient Election of Medicaid Hospice Benefit
  • Appendix 6 — Hospice Benefit Revocation (Non-recertification)/ Voluntary Discharge
  • Appendix 7 — Allowable Revenue Codes for Hospice Care
  • Appendix 8 — Rounding Guidelines for Continuous Care
  • Appendix 9 — Services Provided Outside the Hospice Benefit
  • Appendix 10 — Sample Adjustment/ Reconsideration Request for Retroactive Nursing Home Rate Adjustment
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General Information

Hospice care provides services for people who are terminally ill and for their family members. Hospice care is designed to do the following:

• Affirm life and neither hasten nor postpone death.
• Emphasize living one’s remaining days as fully as possible.
• Provide grief support to the surviving family.
• Provide patient-directed care for the terminally ill recipient and family.
• Provide relief from the physical and emotional pain that often accompanies a terminal illness.

HFS 107.31(2)(a), Wis. Admin. Code, defines hospice services as the following:

Those services provided to an eligible recipient by a provider certified under s. HFS 105.50 which are necessary for the palliation and management of terminal illness and related conditions. These services include supportive care provided to the family and other individuals caring for the terminally ill recipient.

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