37.40.816    HOSPICE, REVOCATION OF ELECTION

(1) A beneficiary or their representative may revoke the beneficiary's election of hospice care at any time during an election period. The department will follow Medicare regulations and guidelines in administering this provision, including 42 CFR 418.28.

(2) When the hospice election is ended due to revocation, the hospice must file a Notice of Revocation of Election with the department within five calendar days after the effective date of the revocation, unless it has already filed a final claim for that beneficiary. A Notice of Revocation must be sent to the Senior & Long Term Care Division, 1100 N. Last Chance Gulch, P.O. Box 4210, Helena, MT 59604-4210.

History: 53-6-113, MCA; IMP, 53-6-101, MCA; NEW, 1989 MAR p. 842. Eff. 7/1/89; TRANS, from SRS, 2000 MAR p. 489; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 1167, Eff. 7/9/16; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 93, Eff. 1/18/20; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 1672, Eff. 8/6/22.