In Letter to CMS, Members of Congress Express Concerns about Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements

Reps. Ben Chandler (D-KY) and Tim Holden (D-PA) sent a letter last week to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D. to convey their concerns regarding the new face-to-face encounter requirement for home health coverage. “We are concerned that the new regulation extends beyond the original intent of the [health care…