Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Don't Count On End Of Face-To-Face DME Requirement
Published on Sun Nov 21, 2004 
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A proposed requirement for doctors to see patients face-to-face before prescribing items of durable medical equipment hasn't been scrapped, just delayed.
Many providers cheered when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in its final physician fee schedule rule that it wouldn't go forward with the burdensome face-to-face rule. But CMS officials told the Nov. 15 physician Open Door Forum that they're working on this regulation and hoped to issue something soon.
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