Congress Issues Report to CMS Asking it to Justify its Face-to-Face Policy

Congress has sent a report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) asking the agency to justify its face-to-face requirement. The House and Senate report, which accompanied the recently passed 2015 omnibus appropriations bill, says that CMS should “quantify and explain how the policy directing physicians to conduct face-to-face certifications for home health…