DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 11 (November)

New DME face-to-face requirement adds more documentation, time to E/M visits

Practice physicians will have to fill out documentation for non-physician practitioners’ (NPPs’) work for certain durable medical equipment (DME) orders starting July 1, according to CMS’ final 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule. The DME face-to-face requirement is the latest Affordable Care Act-mandated effort to reduce fraud and waste among DME prescribers and suppliers.
 

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