Hospice Claims and Use of Debility, Adult Failure to Thrive, and Dementia Diagnoses

In the April 30, 2013 edition of NAHC Report, a summary was provided for the FY2014 Hospice Wage Index proposal that included some details of the portion of the proposed rule related to multiple diagnoses on hospice claims and specifically hospices’ use of ‘debility’, ‘adult failure to thrive’, and dementia as the principal diagnosis.  CMS…