Congressional Letter Opposing Face-to-Face Documentation Requirements Sent to CMS’ Administrator

Last week, a bipartisan group of 75 Members of Congress sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, the Administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on the overly complicated and burdensome face-to-face (F2F) physician encounter documentation requirements promulgated by CMS.  The letter asserts that these documentation requirements go well beyond what the Affordable…