Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements: Status Update

At about 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the following statement regarding implementation of the face-to-face encounter requirements for home health and hospice services: “Effective April 1, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expects home health agencies and hospices have fully established internal processes…