KY-Annlyn Purdon

Document ID: CMS-2011-0133-0008
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Received Date: August 17 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: August 18 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: July 12 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: September 12 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80ee3914
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Medicaid Program; Face-to-Face Requirements for Home Health Services: Policy Changes and Clarifications Related to Home Health

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The statement that CMS believes that "this enhanced communication will result in an improved transition of care from the hospital or post-acute setting to the home health setting" is not true. In fact it has decreased the effectiveness of discharge planning and cost home health agencies a great deal of time tracking these forms. The Face to Face has proved to be a farce. The expansion of this rule is ridiculous.