IL · guidance
Ill. HFS Handbook for Hospice Agencies, Topic K-211.4
Benefit Periods
Benefit periods consist of two ninety (90) day benefit periods, followed by an
unlimited number of sixty (60) day benefit periods.
The benefit periods may be used consecutively or at intervals. Regardless of
whether they are used consecutively or at intervals, the patient must be certified as
terminally ill at the beginning of each benefit period. If a patient is eligible for
Medicare Part A, the Medicare benefit period(s) and the Medicaid benefit period(s)
run concurrently.
Provenance
- Source
- hfs.illinois.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- hfs-k200-2016-11-01
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