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Add These Resources To Your FFE Aresenal
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If you're like most, you can use all the help you can get with the new face-to-face encounter burden. Luckily, there are some new go-to resources guaranteed to provide some relief. Regional home health intermediary Cahaba GBA is offering one-page fact sheets about HHA and hospice face-to-face encounter requirements. The HHA quick reference tool is at www.cahabagba.com/rhhi/education/materials/quick_homehealth_face.pdf and the hospice quick reference tool is at www.cahabagba.com/rhhi/education/materials/quick_hospice_face.pdf. And NAHC has made available 10 model letters and tools related to the new requirement. The documents at www.nahc.org/regulatory/home.html include model letters to patients and physicians; liability, nonacceptance, and termination notices; and a documentation guide.
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