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Face-To-Face Required For Initial Home Care Episodes Only, Contractor Reminds Providers

Published on Fri May 17, 2013

Don’t compound your face-to-face re-quirement burden by collecting unnecessary documentation. "The face-to-face encounter is only required for the initial episode of home health services," HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor National Government Services reminds providers. Medicare doesn’t require F2F for subsequent episodes. "An additional face-to-face document would not be required unless the patient was discharged from home health and then readmitted with [...]
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