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Bad Habits Of Physicians Come Back To Bite Home Health Agencies

Missing or insufficient documentation among top flaws. Ever since F2F became mandatory it has been a difficult issue for home health agencies as well as referring providers. A study conducted by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows just how complicated it is to meet this documentation requirement. In the 2011-to-2012 timeframe that the OIG studied for its new [...]
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