Just what home health needs is more paperwork. On February 5, 2016 CMS proposed a home
health prior authorization demonstration for five state. The five state are Florida, Illinois,
Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas. This
could cause weeks of delay obtaining prior authorization before you can see a
home health patient. It will throw
continuity of care out the window. What
will happen to patients after they have been discharged from a hospice,
rehabilitation center or nursing home?
Will they have to wait 3 to 4 weeks before they can receive
services? This proposal appears to be
unworkable on many levels.
A link to the Federal Register is listed below. Please read and review and contact your
member of Congress, local hospitals, doctors, rehabilitation centers and
nursing homes. It will impact all of
these providers and physicians. Let’s
work to stop this proposal.
Link
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