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W. Va. BMS Provider Manual § 509.5.1
Physician Certification
For the first 90-day election period of Hospice coverage, the Hospice medical director or IDT assigned
physician and the attending physician (if the member has an attending physician) must certify and
document the member’s diagnosis and that the member has a terminal illness which is defined as having
a life expectancy of six months or less if the illness runs its normal course (in accordance with 42 CFR
§418.22).
Provenance
- Source
- bms.wv.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- bms-509-2020-05-01
- Content hash
90a2c1d84878557528396b0cac3b1d2ba02d7bab742b940f1eea0a66acc518b5
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