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Wash. HCA Hospice Services Billing Guide, How does a hospice care center become an approved provider with Medicaid?
How does a hospice care center become an approved provider with Medicaid?
To become an approved hospice care center with Medicaid, a hospice agency
must provide all the following documentation confirming that the agency is:
• Medicare-certified by DOH as a hospice care center.
• Approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in an
approval letter.
• Providing one or more levels of hospice care such as:
o Routine home care.
o Inpatient respite care.
o General inpatient care (requires a registered nurse on duty 24 hours a day,
seven days a week).
A hospice agency qualifies as an approved hospice care center with Medicaid
when:
• All the requirements are met.
• HCA provides the hospice agency with written notification.
For more information, see the Billers, providers and partners webpage.
Provenance
- Source
- www.hca.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- hca-hospice-bg-2026-05-19
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