Medscape April 19, 2024
BOSTON — Clearer communication between primary care clinicians and hospice providers may decrease the number of denied Medicare approvals for end-of-life treatment, according to a small study presented on April 18 at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting 2024.
Tyler Haussler, MD, acting medical director at Brookestone Home Health & Hospice in Carney, Nebraska, said he conducted the study to find out how many denials of coverage by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were attributable to poor documentation by physicians.
“As a medical director, I wanted to make sure I was capturing every aspect of this person’s terminal illness to make sure the documentation didn’t create...
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