Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS To School Docs On Face-To-Face Changes
CMS is following through on its promise to educate physicians about the upcoming face-to-face physician encounter requirement changes.
Reminder: Starting Jan. 1, docs no longer need to furnish a physician narrative, but eligibility determinations for home care will be based on their clinical records (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIII, No. 39). CMS is offering a MLN Matters education call addressing the change to physicians on Dec. 16.
The 1.5-hour call that starts at 1:30 p.m. ET, “Certifying Patients for the Medicare Home Health Benefit,” has a target audience of “physicians who certify patients for the Medicare home health benefit, hospital/Skilled Nursing Facility discharge planners, non-physician practitioners who are allowed to perform Medicare home health face-to-face encounters, and home health agencies,” CMS says in a notice about the call.
You and your referral sources can register for the event at www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies.
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