Hospice News January 9, 2026
Hospices must pay close attention to regulatory compliance when transitioning hospital-bound patients to the General Inpatient (GIP) level of care.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that a GIP stay is appropriate when patients require pain control or chronic symptom management that cannot be delivered in any other setting. GIP may also be appropriate if a patient is in need of medication, adjustment, observation or other stabilizing treatment.
These stays are intended to be short term, and the agency often audits hospices who provide GIP for longer than six days, according to Bryan Nowicki, partner at the law firm Husch Blackwell.
“[CMS] says that a brief period of General Inpatient Care may be needed in...
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