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“Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter: A New Home Health Certification Requirement” MLN Matters Article

The Medicare Learning Network® (MLN) has just released MLN Matters Special Edition Article #SE1038 (“Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter: A New Home Health Certification Requirement”) to remind physicians who certify a patient’s eligibility for home health benefits that the Affordable Care Act mandates that they, or an allowed non-physician practitioner (NPP), document that they have had a face-to-face encounter with the patient. Continue reading

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