The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce the posting of updated educational resources on Section 6407 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 to the Home Health Agency webpage at http://www.cms.gov/center/hha.asp on CMS website.
Section 6407 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 established a physician face-to-face encounter requirement for certification of eligibility for home health services. Before a physician can certify a patient’s eligibility for Medicare home health services, the law mandates that the physician must document that he or she, or a non-physician practitioner working with the certifying physician, has had a face-to-face encounter with the patient. This provision is a requirement for home health payment.
The educational resources added to the webpage include a PowerPoint slide presentation, a Special Edition MLN Matters article and questions and answers related to this provision.
We hope you find this information helpful.
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