Hospice Modifier for Medicare The GV and GW modifiers are used for Medicare hospice patients. The GV modifier is used to report services related to a patient’s hospice care, while the GW modifier is used to report services that are unrelated to the patient’s hospice care. GV and GW Modif...
including wound care. To ensure that hospice patients receive appropriate and timely wound care, it is important to understand the use of the GW modifier for hospice.