First of all, we can not charge a fee for any hospice bereaved because the bereavement services are part of the Medicare CoP's, ie we are obligated to provide this as part of the hospice care and payment we received for the patient. In my experience most hospices found that the time and effort involved in attempting to obtain some degree of payment from community bereaved made minimal difference and actually cost money to do, given the time involved from the finance department. Our organization has intentionally not gone this direction and emphasizes that because our hospice is so well supported by our local commmunity's fund raising efforts, the bereavement services we provide are our gift back to the community.
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Patti Anewalt, Director
Pathways Center for Grief & Loss
Hospice & Community Care
Mount Joy, PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-19-2024 12:42 PM
From: Amelia Schmitt
Subject: Billing 3rd party payers for community grief counseling
Hello,
I see this is an older thread, but would anyone be willing to share information on this subject? Billing for grief counseling individuals, and possibly groups?
Thank you,
Amelia
Original Message:
Sent: 09-16-2015 02:20 PM
From: Terri Ray
Subject: Billing 3rd party payers for community grief counseling
Our hospice has for a long time. Email me and let's schedule time to discuss.
terri.ray@caromonthealth.org
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Terri C. Ray, MA, NCC, LPCS
Director of Counseling Services
Gaston Hospice
Gastonia, NC 28054
704-861-8405
Original Message:
Sent: 09-16-2015 09:43
From: Julie Blackburn
Subject: Billing 3rd party payers for community grief counseling
We would be interested in learning more regarding insurance billing for community grief counseling.
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Julie Blackburn
Bereavement Counselor
Joliet Area Community Hospice
Original Message:
Sent: 01-22-2015 14:45
From: Marian Ellen Green
Subject: Billing 3rd party payers for community grief counseling
If you have a bereavement program that serves community are you billing 3rd party payers (Medicare, private insurance) for grief counseling? If anyone has any experience or information, I would appreciate hearing about it. From time to time, we consider how that would work in our program and if it is feasible or even something that we want to consider. Thank you.
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Marian Ellen Green, LCSW
Senior Director of Counseling Services
Hosparus Inc
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