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MAC Highlights Physicians' Home Care Duties

Published on Fri Jun 21, 2019

One HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor is laying out docs’ referral responsi­bilities, but also may be scaring them out of making referrals at all. Palmetto GBA walks physicians and referring medical facilities through the documen­tation requirements for patients referred to home health agencies in a recent article on its website titled “Home Health Referrals.” The description ranges from homebound status to [...]
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