Palmetto to Conduct Hospice Specific Prepay Probe Review and CGS Expands Widespread Length of Stay Edits

On October 30, 2013 two Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) announced actions impacting hospices.  Palmetto GBA posted a notice that it will perform a service-specific prepay probe review on hospice claims with non-cancer diagnoses, billed with place of service Skilled Nursing Facility, HCPCS code Q5004. The claims timeframe was not specified, but Palmetto GBA has identified…