CMS Provides Detailed Requirements for Face-to-Face Encounter by Hospitalists, Other Clarifications

Effective Jan. 1, 2011, home health agencies will be required to meet current certification and plan of care requirements and new face-to-face encounter requirements. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is working to convince the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that full implementation of the new rule should be postponed…