CMS Agrees HHABN Is Appropriate for Face-to-Face Encounter Notification of Termination

In the months since issuance of the final rule updating the Medicare home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has responded to repeated inquiries from the National Association for Home Care & Hospices (NAHC) and others that the Home Health Advance Beneficiary Notice (HHABN) should…