Code of Federal Regulations Title 42. Public Health § 42.418.28 Revoking the election of hospice care

(a) An individual or representative may revoke the individual's election of hospice care at any time during an election period.

(b) To revoke the election of hospice care, the individual or representative must file a statement with the hospice that includes the following information:

(c) An individual, upon revocation of the election of Medicare coverage of hospice care for a particular election period—

(d) When the hospice election is ended due to revocation, the hospice must file a notice of termination/revocation of election with its Medicare contractor within 5 calendar days after the effective date of the revocation, unless it has already filed a final claim for that beneficiary.