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HHAs Ask For Relief From Face-To-Face Burden

Published on Fri Oct 04, 2013

PPS rule commenters bash physician narrative. Medicare officials may not have mentioned the face-to-face requirement in the 2014 PPS proposed rule, but that didn’t stop providers and industry reps from tackling the hot button subject head on in their comment letters. The principle of requiring a physician en-counter for initial home care episodes is not a bad one, multiple commenters [...]
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