Home Health & Hospice Articles by Topic: Face-to-face
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 3, March 25, 2020
The plan of care must be signed by the physician. Keep in mind that the plan of care is more than...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 9, September 23, 2019
The most important thing is to tighten up the face-to-face process and get adequate face-to-face...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 6, June 6, 2019
Strong documentation is key in home health, and implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 1, January 16, 2019
Face to Face is a Conditions of Payment requirement and is required for Medicare and Medicaid.
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Homecare Direction, Issue 1, January 4, 2019
Newly released data show a massive percentage of agencies participating in CMS’ targeted...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 17, December 17, 2018
Choose the pre-claim option.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 17, December 17, 2018
Learning and implementing the feedback loop.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, October 19, 2018
Yes. All info has to start over again.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, October 19, 2018
Generally, for Medicaid Advantage, the documentation is that the face-to-face date needs to be on...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 0, October 19, 2018
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, July 15, 2018
Denying a referral should be a determination based on agency policy and physician...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, July 15, 2018
First step, ask your biller for the remarks that are submitted by the reviewer at the MAC.
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 9, May 12, 2018
First off, know on the front end that the biller is looking for those requested records. Ensure...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 9, May 12, 2018
Documentation from the non-physician practitioner (NPP) must meet all the required elements for the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 5, August 3, 2017
Become more proactive. You no longer can wait for face-to-face documentation to arrive within...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2016
CMS requires that a physician narrative be included in a patient’s hospice recertification...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 11, June 3, 2016
You should consider the following:
Develop tracking mechanisms to ensure compliance with...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 4, February 18, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), under CR 8441, states the following:
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 24, December 17, 2015
From a compliance standpoint for face-to-face and certification signatures, the following can be...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 44, November 9, 2015
Months after NAHC had sued Medicare regarding the face-to-face requirement under the Affordable...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 43, November 2, 2015
Final Rule Released
After receiving 118 comments from the public, the Centers for Medicare &...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 41, October 19, 2015
Last Tuesday, NAHC submitted official comments to CMS on a pair of proposed clinical templates (one...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 16, 2015
Is it true that the following documentation is an improper certification statement on our home...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 20, October 16, 2015
I have a question regarding the face-to-face requirements for homecare...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 40, October 12, 2015
While awaiting an imminent decision in its lawsuit challenging the validity of the physician...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2015
Is it permissible for a hospital discharge planner to make an entry into a patient hospital record...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 7, April 3, 2015
All Medicare patients for whom you bill, regardless of whether they are LUPA, require a...
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Homecare Insider, Issue 1, January 5, 2015
Will home health remain exempt from overtime compensation in most circumstances like it has for 40...