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MAC Backtracks On End Date Physician Requirement

Published on Fri Jul 24, 2015

Agency can include service length estimate on POC to sign, MAC allows. The new regulatory requirement for the physician to estimate how much longer the patient will need home health services is still in effect — but a confusing documentation requirement put forth by one MAC is not. In a June 24 Ask-The-Contractor teleconference, MAC CGS told HHAs that the frequency and duration [...]
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