tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 35

Home Health: Suppliers Gain Allies In Fight Against Exam Rule

Docs are on suppliers' side when it comes to fighting new red tape.There is hope that the new face-to-face exam requirement may be scrapped, or at least significantly scaled back, now that influential physicians are weighing in on the proposal.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to require physicians to see patients face-to-face when prescribing all items of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. And physicians are hopping mad about the requirement, which the agency proposed in the 2005 physician fee schedule.What docs are saying: The Aug. 30 meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory...

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