Ind. IHCP Hospice Services Provider Reference Module, Section 6, Volunteer Physician Services

Volunteer physician services are excluded from IHCP reimbursement. A physician who provides volunteer

services to a hospice can be reimbursed for nonvolunteer services provided to hospice patients.

If the volunteer physician is working under a specific arrangement with the hospice to provide

nonvolunteer direct patient services, the hospice can be reimbursed on beha lf of a volunteer physician

for specific nonvolunteer direct patient care services. The hospice must have a liability to reimburse the

physician for the services rendered. The hospice provider must bill under the hospice provider number for

an additional amount using revenue code 657. The hospice provider must only bill for the physician’s direct

care services. Laboratory and X-ray services are included in the hospice provider’s daily rate.

To determine which services are furnished on a volunteer basis and which are not, a physician must treat

IHCP patients on the same basis as other hospice patients. For example, a physician cannot designate all

physician services rendered to non-IHCP patients as volunteer and at the same time seek payment for all

physician services rendered to IHCP patients.