February 5, 2015
New Home Health and Hospice Face-to-Face Encounter Resources
CGS has developed new quick resource tools to assist home health and hospice providers in calculating a timely face-to-face (FTF) encounter. Please review the following resources and share with your clinical staff.
- Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter Calendar provides a schedule to assist providers with performing the FTF encounter 30 calendar days prior to the start of the 3rd benefit period and each subsequent recertification.
- Hospice Face-to-Face Encounter Calendar provides a schedule to assist providers with performing the FTF encounter 90 days prior to the start of care or 30 days after the SOC.
These resources can be found on the following CGS Web pages:
- Home Health Quick Resource Tools (under Clinical)
- Home Health Coverage Guidelines
- Hospice Quick Resource Tools (under Clinical)
- Hospice Coverage Guidelines