CMS Revises Instructions for NPPs Ordering Home Health Services

In the April 27, 2022 Transmittal, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) set out to clarify requirements for NPPs in the Medicare program by adding the following  language from long standing regulations that define non-physician practitioners (NPPs): “Physician assistant means an individual as defined at § 410.74(a) and (c). Clinical nurse specialist means…