Face-to-Face Documentation Requirements for Home Health Agency (HHA) Services

The following new guidance was issued by CMS to Medicare contractors and home health agencies regarding with Face-to-Face encounter requirements. This was in response to NAHC reports to CMS of denials of payment based on what NAHC believed were inappropriate interpretations of F2F requirements (Sept. 29, 2011, NAHC Report). CMS responded as follows:   (Note:…