Reader Question : You Can't Fill Out F2F Form for Docs, MAC Warns
Question: We have a client that we are providing home skilled nursing care for and we had sent the face to face encounter form to her provider. The form was returned to us with only the doctor’s signature, all other fields were left blank. We then refaxed it … and again it was returned the same way.
I placed a call to his office today and was told by a staffer that, “as of January 1, 2015 all providers are required to do, is to sign the form and it is the responsibility of the home health...
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