NC · guidance
N.C. Medicaid Clinical Coverage Policy No. 3D § 5.3
Admission to Hospice
The provider of hospice services shall comply with 42 CFR §418.25, Admission to
hospice care. The hospice provider admits a beneficiary only on the recommendation of
the medical director in consultation with, or with input from, the beneficiary’s attending
physician (if any). The hospice medical director shall consider at least the following
information to determine that the beneficiary is certified terminally ill:
a. Diagnosis of the terminal condition;
b. Health conditions, related or unrelated to the terminal condition; and
c. Current clinically relevant information supporting all diagnoses.
Provenance
- Source
- medicaid.ncdhhs.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- ccp-3d-2024-03-15
- Content hash
85cff7b7f154d2c6c83a05d672abf66f585916b7bcb66e2092b4f1b3014f8b88
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