“Under a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guideline that took effect April 1, physicians need to show proof of documentation before a patient can receive home care services. The documentation is known as a “certification form,” and, either on the form or as an addendum to it, physicians must show that they either they saw the patient or allowed a nonphysician provider to do so. CMS is allowing such documentation to be generated from an electronic health record.”
Read more here: http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1059923/Confusion_Clouds_New_Documentation_Rule.html
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