What if a Medicare hospice client wants to transfer to a different hospice agency?
A Medicare hospice client has the right to transfer from one hospice agency to another once during EACH benefit period without loss of any Medicare hospice benefits. Should a client decide to transfer a second time during a benefit period, he or she would forfeit the remainder of the current benefit period. However, since the Medicare benefit includes an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods, the client can never use up his/her Medicare hospice benefit.
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