Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

CMS Backs Off Face-To-Face Encounter Requirements For Medicare Advantage Patients

Home health agencies have caught a break in F2F requirements in one area at least — Medicare Advantage patients. Background: In its call letter for the 2015 rates for MA plans, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told plans they would have to apply the same certification requirements as fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare to plan members who receive home health [...]
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