REMINDER: Agencies providing Medicare Hospice services should update billing rates for the 2016 fiscal year in Service Set Up. Agency established services for Routine Home Care, Respite Care, General Inpatient Care and Continuous Care for dates of service 10-1-15 should be updated as per the posted rates in the Federal Register Final Rule titled, Fiscal Year 2016 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements. Medicare Hospice Invoice Rates, if agencies are utilizing the internally programmed rates, for discipline specific visits will be updated January 1, 2016 by Allegheny Software Publishers, Inc.
Agencies should not make any changes in the software at this time for the high and low rate Routine Home Care charges to begin January 1, 2016 and wait for further instructions from Allegheny Software Publishers, Inc. Further instructions will be posted on Allegheny Messages.