tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2012 Issue 10

Home Health Certification: Beware F2F Documentation Signed By Residents

CMS answers about face-to-face requirements raise more questions. That face-to-face documentation you have signed by a resident won't do you any good when it comes to compliance and reimbursement. That's because Medicare doesn't allow physicians who don't have hospital privileges to sign the F2F documentation, said a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official in the April 11 Open Door Forum for home care providers. Residents who don't have privileges must inform their supervising/teaching physician who does have privileges, said CMS's Kelly Horney in the forum. Clarification: CMS is talking about privileges to practice at the hospital, not Medicare...

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