IA · guidance
Iowa Medicaid Hospice Provider Manual ch. III § A.6
Face-to-Face Encounter
A hospice physician or hospice nurse practitioner must have a face-to-face
encounter with each hospice member whose total hospice support is
anticipated to exceed 180 calendar days or the two initial hospice benefit
periods or ninety days each. The face-to-face encounter must occur prior to,
but no more than 30 calendar days prior to, the 180th day or the beginning
day of the third benefit period recertification) and every benefit period
recertification thereafter.
Provenance
- Source
- hhs.iowa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- hpm-2020-10-02
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