§418.302. Payment procedures for hospice care. — Inbound Citations

(a) Medicare payment for covered hospice care is made in accordance with the method set forth in § 418.302.

(a) The following services performed by hospice physicians and nurse practitioners are included in the rates described in § 418.302:

(2) Participation in the establishment of plans of care, supervision of care and services, periodic review and updating of plans of care, and establishment of governing policies by the physician member of the interdisciplinary group.

(2) Payment is made for only one of the categories of hospice care described in § 418.302(b) for any particular day.

(a) CMS establishes payment rates for each of the categories of hospice care described in § 418.302(b). The rates are established using the methodology described in section 1814(i)(1)(C) of the Act and in accordance with section 1814(i)(6)(D) of the Act.