tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 4

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The face to face hospice encounter requirement is causing hospices massive confusion as they struggle to implement the mandate. Although the "enforcement date" has been pushed back to April 1, agencies are still trying to comply with the Jan. 1 implementation date.For example: One South Carolina reader is having trouble getting physicians to sign and document the FFE because another agency is allowing physician assistants to do so. The FFE final rule, published in the Nov. 17 Federal Register, makes clear that the certifying physician must sign the FFE documentation, even if the FFE is made by the...

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