Category Archives: Healthcare Reform
CHAP Appoints Community-based Healthcare Thought Leaders to Board of Directors–HCLA’s Warren Hebert to Serve
CHAP Appoints Community-based Healthcare Thought Leaders to Board of Directors–HCLA’s Warren Hebert to Serve Continue reading
“Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter: A New Home Health Certification Requirement” MLN Matters Article
The Medicare Learning Network® (MLN) has just released MLN Matters Special Edition Article #SE1038 (“Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter: A New Home Health Certification Requirement”) to remind physicians who certify a patient’s eligibility for home health benefits that the Affordable Care Act mandates that they, or an allowed non-physician practitioner (NPP), document that they have had a face-to-face encounter with the patient. Continue reading
CMS Clarifications for Face to Face Encounter
During a lengthy conference call, a representative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided detailed information to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) as to how home health agencies will be able to meet face to face encounter requirements for patients referred to home health from institutional settings. Continue reading
