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Del. Medical Assistance Program Hospice Provider Specific Policy Manual § 7.6
Notification of Updates and Changes
7.6.1 The hospice is required to notify the DMAP in writing within five (5) working days
when any of the following events occur for a FFS patient.
• When a physician employee (volunteers are considered employees in this
context) of the hospice changes. Hospice must describe the change and
the effective date of this change.
• When the physician's Plan of Care is updated/changed. Hospice is
required to provide the DMAP with the most recent copy of the physician's
Plan of Care. The updated Physician’s Plan of Care must also be sent via
fax to the DMAP Fiscal Agent Pharmacy Team. Drugs listed on the
Physician's Plan of Care that are related to the terminal illness should be
identified by an asterisk (*). Contact information for the fiscal agent is
located in the Index, Section 20.0, of the General Policy Manual.
• When the Physician Certification is renewed. Hospice is required to
provide the DMAP with a copy of the physician certification for each
subsequent benefit period.
Provenance
- Source
- medicaidpublications.dhss.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- dmap-hospice-2023-07-01
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