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Continued from Page 19 by his strong belief in and practice of collaboration, which we consider to be a hallmark of San Antonio's biomedical community as well." For more information call 229-2118. Reliant Home Health Offers Simple Solution for New Face-to-Face Documentation Requirement Reliant Home Health, a leader in home health care services in Central and North Texas, has devel- oped a simple, sticker solution to address the new requirement surrounding the Face to Face (FTF) Documentation. Doctors are now tasked with Russ Krengel added administrative expenses and responsibilities following the FTF rule that require physicians to document that physicians or permitted nonphysician 22 | San Antonio MD NEWS MDNEWS.COM practitioners (NPP) have Face to Face encounters with patients prior to certify- ing patients' eligibility for home health benefi ts under the Medicare Program. FTF must occur no earlier than 90 days prior to the start of care or within 30 days after the start of care. Reliant Home Health, a Medicare- certified home health agency, has developed a "sticker" that includes the primary reason for home health services (diagnosis), the reason patients are homebound, a section for comments, and the signature of the physician who completes the form and date on which is was signed. "We recognize the amount of adminis- trative paperwork physicians are already burdened with, so we're pleased to show these stickers to area groups of hospital- ists and other physicians to assist them to meet the new requirements," explains Russ Krengel, President of Reliant Home Health in San Antonio. "We've already received positive feedback that the sticker has helped facilitate the process of meeting the F2F requirement. Specifi cally, doctors will place a com- pleted sticker on their current orders when discharging patients for home health services. This sticker is acceptable in lieu of receiving the CMS F2F form. "A streamlined, simple solution using a sticker is an efficient and easy way to document patient encounters," says Krengel. "The sticker has all the pertinent information to fulfi ll the requirement by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. For more information about Reliant Home Health, visit www.relianthomehealth.com or call (210) 558-9606. n ADVERTISERS' INDEX Amegy Bank of Texas ................................7 Bjorns ............................ Inside Front Cover Broadway Bank ......................................... 19 Cambridge Healthcare Properties ...... 18 HCFD ............................................................ 22 Oppenheimer Blend Harrison & Tate, Inc. ..............................................................17 Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C. ........... 16 South Texas Radiology Imaging & Interventional Centers ......Back Cover SWBC ..............................................................8 The Broadway.............Inside Back Cover

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