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  • Title: Palliative care: the legal & regulatory requirements.
    Author: Raffa CA.
    Journal: Caring; 2003 Nov; 22(11):6-9. PubMed ID: 14658196.
    Abstract:
    While following the same approach to care as hospice, palliative care reaches patients who do not necessarily have a terminal diagnosis or a life-threatening illness, and/or are seeking curative treatment. Reimbursement methodologies and requirements for palliative care differ from hospice, and are not explicitly covered by federal and state regulations. In the first article of a two-part series, the author reviews licensing issues, reimbursement requirements, fraud and abuse pitfalls, and cost report requirements for home health agency palliative care programs.
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