Hospice Face-to-Face Encounter: CMS Issues Guidance on Procedure for Failure to Meet ‘Prior to’ Benefit Period Time Frames

The appropriate procedure for hospices that fail to meet the face-to-face encounter requirement for patients entering the third or later benefit period has been the subject of much discussion over the past week, with Medicare’s contractors issuing variable guidance on the matter. On the eve of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC)…