CMS Hospice Update on Incorrect Payments Identified for the Two Tier Payment and SIA Payments

At the July Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forumthere was discussion of ongoing claims processing issues related to the new two-tiered payment system for Routine Home Care (RHC) and the Service Intensity Add-on (SIA) for visits at the end of life. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) staff identified three issues that…