Home Health Providers Disappointed With Face-To-Face Template

Home health providers are disappointed with the home health face-to-face encounter electronic clinical template CMS recently released for public comment, and some say it brings back the controversial physician narrative requirement in a new form. The face-to-face requirement calls for physicians to document in-person encounters with patients to certify their eligibility for the home health benefit. CMS has said that inadequate documentation supporting the face-to-face requirement was responsible for nearly 90 percent of the payment errors they reviewed, and HHS...