Hospices need to have solid documentation to demonstrate a patient’s need for general inpatient care (GIP) as regulatory oversight zeroes in on those services. GIP can involve longer stays and higher costs. For these reasons, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is launching a new audit that will focus on GIP. The OIG’s “Audit of Selected, High-Risk Medicare Hospice General Inpatient Services” will examine Medicare claims for hospice enrollees who were transferred to general inpatient care (GIP) following an acute hospitalization.
Read the full article: Behind OIG’s National Audit of Hospice GIP //
Source: https://hospicenews.com/2023/07/07/behind-oigs-national-audit-of-hospice-gip