OIG Report on Medicare Hospice Use of General Inpatient (GIP) Level of Care

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a Memorandum Report to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Medicare Hospice:  Use of General Inpatient Care, OEI-02-10-00490.  This report is based on general inpatient care (GIP) provided to Medicare hospice beneficiaries in 2011. Hospice GIP is…