Compliance:
Are Your Docs Hitting These 5 Cert Points?
Published on Fri Mar 09, 2018
Forget the ides of March: Beware missing encounter date. According to Medicare regs, a physician must certify that the following five requirements are met: 1. The patient needs intermittent SN care, PT, and/or SLP services;
2. The patient is confined to the home (that is, homebound);
3. A plan of care has been established and will be periodically [...]