6 Page Face-To-Face Documentation. Ridiculous!

CMS is holding a Special Open Door Forum today at 3:00pm.  They have come up with a 6 page electronic documentation form for the physicians to document the Face-To-Face.  We all know this will just discourage physicians from referring patients for home health care.

We suggest everybody dial in the number (800) 837-1935 at 3:00 pm.  The conference ID number is 20361722.  Maybe if enough people call in we can make a difference!

Agenda Link:

http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/Electronic-Clinical-Templates/Downloads/SuggestedElectronicClinicalTemplateforHomeHealth-posted-04-18-2014.pdf

Handout Link:

http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/Electronic-Clinical-Templates/Downloads/HHF2FEncounterLaunchPPT2014_04_16_v2-6-2-508_Clean-.pdf

6 Page Electronic Clinical Template Link:

http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/Electronic-Clinical-Templates/Downloads/HomeHealtheClinicalTemplateF2FProgressNote21914.pdf