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Tex. HHSC Medicaid Hospice Provider Manual § 4530
Physician Services on Day of Discharge
Revision 06-2; Effective December 12, 2006
Under the State Medicaid Manual, Section 4307, Payment for Physicians Services Under Hospice, a provider can be paid for physician services on day of discharge, if the physician is a hospice employee under arrangement by the hospice and direct patient services are provided.
To request payment for physician services on the day of discharge, providers must submit proof that the physician is a hospice employee under arrangement by the hospice and that direct patient services were provided. The information must be submitted to:
Medicaid Hospice Program Specialist
Mail Code W-521
P.O. Box 149030
Austin, TX 78714-9030
Program staff notifies the hospice provider of the approval or denial of the request for payment for physician services on the day of discharge. The hospice provider will be able to see the authorization on their Medicaid Eligibility Services Authorization Verification (MESAV) request.
Provenance
- Source
- fhb.hhs.texas.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- mhpm-2011-05-11
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