Hospice Billing in Illinois

Yes. Medicaid runs as HealthChoice Illinois, delivered largely through commercial managed care plans. So most Illinois Medicaid claims are adjudicated by an insurer with its own filing window, its own authorization rules, and its own appeal path — not by the state. Nationally about 78% of Medicaid beneficiaries sit in comprehensive managed care, and five companies hold roughly half of that enrollment.

National Government Services (J6). That contractor adjudicates Medicare claims for Illinois providers, publishes the local coverage determinations that bind you, and hears the first level of appeal. An argument that works with them works across every state they cover.

The specialty causes first: level of care not supported by the daily record; services billed outside the hospice benefit; face-to-face recertification encounter missing. On top of those, Illinois Medicaid runs through commercial plans, so filing windows and authorization rules vary by plan rather than by program.

Illinois is a tort state for auto injuries, so standard coordination of benefits applies rather than an auto carrier taking first position. The injury still has to be identified at registration, because liability coverage may be primary for the related care.

Illinois treats some percentage arrangements as fee splitting and permits others subject to conditions. Our pricing in Illinois is set accordingly, and it is confirmed in writing before any work begins. That describes what we charge; your own position is a question for your counsel rather than for us.

Yes. All coding is performed by certified coders credentialed through the AAPC or AHIMA, working from the documentation you provide. Per-diem levels of care rather than per-service billing, with the level driven by documented patient need each day.