[sockmonkey]

You have been misinformed by someone. Hospice has no deadline, only requalification points.

I was trying to find what the medicare payment for hospice care policies were for 2001, which is when my friend's husband utilized in home hospice care.

[the808bass]

The certification periods have remained unchanged since the inception of the Medicare Hospice Benefit: 2 90-day periods followed by unlimited 60-day periods.

The average stay on hospice is around a week.