In response to the changes contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) designed to address increasing lengths of stay in hospice programs, CMS added a “face-to-face encounter” requirement to the hospice certification requirements. Effective January 1, 2011, a hospice physician or nurse practitioner must have a “face-to-face” encounter with each hospice... READ MORE
Updates to Hospice Face-to-Face Encounters
Posted on July 1, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
