Seventy-five members of Congress have signed a letter urging CMS to modify the face-to-face requirement for home health care, asking that the requirement be met through the completion and collection of the separate 485 (plan of care) form.
 
Home health agencies have faced major challenges getting doctors to fill out face-to-face forms properly and the documentation has come under greater scrutiny by intermediaries in the past several months. If CMS modifies the requirement, fewer claims are likely to be denied.