Medicare Program/Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for CY2010: Physician Narrative Requirement, CY2011 Final Physician Face-to-Face Encounter
ICR 201703-0938-015
OMB: 0938-1083
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Medicare Program/Home Health
Prospective Payment System Rate Update for CY2010: Physician
Narrative Requirement, CY2011 Final Physician Face-to-Face
Encounter
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) require that a physician document the date of the
face-to-face encounter and sign every patient's individual plan of
care certifying or recertifying that the patient is homebound and
the planned services are medically necessary in order for the home
health agency to be reimbursed for Medicare covered services as
stipulated in 42 CFR 424.22.
The CY 2015 HH PPS final rule
implemented policy changes to the face-to-face encounter
requirements at §424.22(1)(1)(v) that result in an estimated net
reduction in burden of 207,315 hours or $33,972,401 for certifying
physicians (see Tables 3 and 4). The finalized policy changes to
the face-to-face encounter requirements at §424.22(a)(1)(v) will
result in a one-time burden of 5,664 hours or $388,969 for HHAs to
revise the certification form (see Table 2).
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No
Yes
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No
Uncollected
Kayla Williams 410 786-5887
Kayla.Williams@cms.hhs.gov
No
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