UPDATE: Palmetto to Conduct Hospice-specific Prepay Probe Review

As reported in the November 1, 2013 NAHC Report, Palmetto GBA notified providers 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 Q5004 location code is used when a hospice beneficiary is residing in a skilled nursing…