Friday, February 26, 2016

CMS Proposes Home Health Prior Authorization

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.

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