tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 13

Face-to-face Rule: New CMS Clarification May Help With Your Documentation When Certifying A Patient's Home Health Eligibility

Physician staff can prepare the face-to-face documentation, CMS says in new Q&A.With the April 1 deadline for the physician face-to-face encounter for home care certification already in the rearview mirror, physicians and home care providers are getting desperate to get into compliance with the burdensome regulation. Now some information has come from CMS that may help physicians with their documentation woes.Background: Under the new FFE requirement finalized in the 2011 PPS final rule published in the Nov. 17 Federal Register, certifying physicians must see the home care patient 90 days prior to start of care or...

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