This module covers the Medicare Hospice Face-to-Face requirements and the role of hospice managers in ensuring compliance.

• Identify the reason a Face-to-Face encounter is required.
• List the clinicians authorized to perform a Face-to-Face encounter.
• Differentiate between situations requiring a Face-to-Face prior to admission and those allowing for admission without the Face-to-Face under the exceptional circumstances provision.
• Identify the time requirements for Face-to-Face encounters at admission and ongoing recertification.
• Describe the financial impact of missed Face-to-Face encounters.