Medicare Hospice Provider Compliance Audit: Hospice Compassus, Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee

The Medicare hospice benefit allows providers to claim Medicare reimbursement for hospice services provided to individuals with a life expectancy of 6 months or less and who have elected hospice care. Previous OIG reviews found that Medicare inappropriately paid for hospice services that did not meet Medicare requirements.Our objective was to determine whether hospice services provided by Hospice Compassus, Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee (Tullahoma), complied with Medicare requirements.