IL · guidance
Ill. HFS Handbook for Hospice Agencies, Topic K-211.7
Notification of Termination
The Department must be notified via the HFS 1594 - Notification to HFS of Illinois
Medicaid Hospice Benefit Election when a patient terminates hospice care.
A hospice may “discharge for cause” only in limited circumstances. These situations
are identified in 42 CFR Part 418.26.
Provenance
- Source
- hfs.illinois.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- hfs-k200-2016-11-01
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