Hospice Billing in Tennessee

Election of the hospice benefit revokes standard coverage for the terminal condition, so anything billed outside it is scrutinised. In Tennessee that plays out against a specific set of rules rather than a general one.

Claims for Tennessee providers are adjudicated by Palmetto GBA (JJ), which is also who hears the first level of appeal — so an appeal argument that works here works in every state that contractor covers.

Coding driver

Per-diem levels of care rather than per-service billing, with the level driven by documented patient need each day.

Medicare contractor

Palmetto GBA (JJ)

Medicaid program

TennCare

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Tort state — health plan sequencing applies

What changes in Tennessee

Medicaid in Tennessee runs as TennCare and is delivered largely through commercial managed care plans, so most Medicaid claims are adjudicated by an insurer with its own filing window and its own authorization rules rather than by the state.

Tennessee attaches criminal penalties to percentage-based fee-splitting arrangements. Our own pricing in Tennessee is set accordingly. That describes what we charge; your own position is a question for your counsel rather than for us.

Where hospice claims fail

Level of care not supported by the daily record
Services billed outside the hospice benefit
Face-to-face recertification encounter missing

We work the claims. You practice medicine.

Coding, claim submission, denial management, and A/R follow-up — with nothing left for your front desk to chase.

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How It Works

Review

We look at your Tennessee hospice denials.

Scope

A written scope and price before any work starts.

Transition

Coding and submission move across without a gap.

Report

Denial causes segmented by payer and provider.