Entry By: Eileen Bach, PT, M.Ed, DPT Hello, home care! 4/1/2011 marks the start date of several important Medicare changes for the home care setting – one is the physician face to face certification and the second is the new rehab therapy documentation requirements and time points. Pasted below is a Medicare posting regarding MD [...]
Entry By: Eileen Bach, PT, M.Ed, DPT Home health care has a number of new regulations in 2011 and CMS is providing information to help agencies and staff meet these new rules. See http://www.cms.gov/center/hha.asp for information on physician Face to Face requirements, including HHABN process should the physician visit not occur in a timely manner. [...]