Hospice – Certifying Physician Requirement

Medicare Hospice claims and notices of election require that the certifying physician appear in field 79 on a UB04 in addition to the attending physician which appears in field 76.  Changes have been made in HHC3000 to accommodate this requirement.  In the Patients / Physicians screen you will see that the 4th physician screen tells you to enter the certifying physician in that field if different that the attending (primary) physician.  If the attending and certifying physician are the same you do not need to enter it twice.  If they are the same the system will put the primary physician in both fields 76 and 79 if billing Medicare Hospice.