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title: "Preparing for Government Audits: Hospice Services"
description: "CMS keeps a consistent watch over provider utilization, billing, and claims across the post-acute continuum, hospice included. How hospices can prepare."
url: "https://excelas1.com/blog/preparing-for-government-audits-hospice-services"
published: "2016-07-05"
updated: "2026-09-14"
type: "post"
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# Preparing for Government Audits: Hospice Services

_2016-07-05 · Filed under [Whitepaper](https://excelas1.com/blog/categories/whitepaper)_

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> In the healthcare industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains a consistent vigilance over providers and their utilization, billing, and claims practices to ensure that the services they pay for are appropriate and in compliance. This vigilance extends to providers within the entire long-term and post-acute care continuum—including hospice services.

In the healthcare industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains a consistent vigilance over providers and their utilization, billing, and claims practices to ensure that the services they pay for are appropriate and in compliance. This vigilance extends to providers within the entire long-term and post-acute care continuum—including hospice services.

This white paper examines hospice services in the context of how providers can stay in compliance with CMS standards and prepare for a possible visit from a RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor) official, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), or even the Department of Justice.

[Read more](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Preparing-for-Government-Audits-Hospice-Services-2016.pdf) about how to prepare for and respond to hospice service audits.

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