TO:                 ALL HOSPICE PROVIDERS

FROM:           PAM MASON, Acting Bureau Chief

                        Bureau of Medicaid Programs and Resource Management

Effective for dates of service on or after 4/1/2001, Medicaid has revised its hospice rates as follows:

Revenue Code/Description                           Rural                           Urban Ada/Canyon County

651 – Routine Care                                        $ 101.32                                  $ 104.53

652 – Continuous Care                                  $ 590.83                                  $ 609.53

655 – Respite Care                                        $ 111.52                                  $ 114.26

656 – General Inpatient Care                       $ 451.88                                  $ 465.16

Adjustments, for dates of service after 4/1/2001, can be made by the provider for claims that have been processed at the incorrect rate.

The Hospice cap will remain at $15,916.98

If you have any questions, please call Esther Ussing at  (208) 364-1835 or Arla Farmer at (208) 364-1958.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Idaho Medicaid Program.