In June, CMS made a clarification to a previous transmittal which allows clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners to certify eligibility and order services under the Medicare home health benefit. These individuals, of course, are defined as allowed practitioners. The CMS Transmittal 11447 replaced Transmittal 11386 (previously released in April 2022) and stated…
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Allowed Practitioners
Recently, CMS issued a revision to a previously released transmittal—Change Request 12615. The subject was an update to Chapter 7, Home Health Services in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual. One of the items included in this transmittal was a clarification of the rule change from the CARES Act which allows clinical nurse specialists, physician’s assistants,…
