tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2014 Issue 15

Documentation: HHPPS Proposed Rule Could Make Your Life A Little Easier

By 2015, your face-to-face requirement might be a thing of the past. Apart from the Physician Fee Schedule published on July 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has some good news for home health agencies. In the document, CMS announces plans to end the controversial physician narrative portion of the face-to-face (F2F) requirement for home health certification. “In an effort to simplify the face-to-face encounter regulations, reduce burden for HHAs and physicians, and to mitigate instances where physicians and HHAs unintentionally fail to comply with certification requirements, we propose that … (t)he narrative requirement &hellip...

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