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Ind. IHCP Hospice Services Provider Reference Module, Section 6, IHCP as the Payer of Last Resort
IHCP as the Payer of Last Resort
The IHCP is always the payer of last resort, which means the hospice provider must first bill other payer
sources before billing the IHCP. The following scenarios for Medicaid-only hospice members and for
dually eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) hospice members provide guidelines for hospice providers.
Note: The only exception to the IHCP being the payer of last resort is if the hospice member
is part of the Community and Home Options to Institutional Care for the Elderly and
Disabled (CHOICE), a state-funded program administered by the Division of Aging.
CHOICE is funded 100% by the state of Indiana. The Division of Aging stipulates
CHOICE is the funding of last resort, which means all other funding sources must be
considered prior to the use of CHOICE funding.
Provenance
- Source
- www.in.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- ihcp-hospice-2025-08-27
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66934ef67fc3679b9918903df2ad39b80095976cf75f023dea966ff7a1709d97
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