Medicare Program/Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for CY2010: Physician Narrative Requirement, CY2011 Final Physician Face-to-Face Encounter

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require that a physician document the date of the face-to-face encounter and sign every patient's individual plan of care certifying or recertifying that the patient is homebound and the planned services are medically necessary in order for the home health agency to be reimbursed for Medicare covered services as stipulated in 42 CFR 424.22.

The latest form for Medicare Program/Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for CY2010: Physician Narrative Requirement, CY2011 Final Physician Face-to-Face Encounter expires 2020-08-31 and can be found here.

Physician's Burden for Form Completion, Elimination of Narrative Requirement 424.22

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