DE · guidance
Del. Medical Assistance Program Hospice Provider Specific Policy Manual § 7.3
Start Date of Service
7.3.1 The hospice begin date is determined by Medicaid as one of the following:
• The begin date on the patient’s election statement.
• The date of the hospice election written notification (if section 7.1. is not
adhered to).
• The start date of Medicaid eligibility.
• The following day after revocation of care from another DMAP Hospice
provider.
Provenance
- Source
- medicaidpublications.dhss.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- dmap-hospice-2023-07-01
- Content hash
ad90b7f6882438d05ccd46891e6143535d3d001cd6dca1305e834da0cf2fd0c4
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