Your Committee Is Charged with Developing Procedures for the Health

question 541

Multiple Choice

Your committee is charged with developing procedures for the Health Information Services staff of a new home health agency. You recommend that the staff routinely check to verify that a summary on each patient is provided to the attending physician so that he or she can review, updated, and recertify the patient as appropriate. The time frame for requiring this summary is at least every

• A) week.
• B) month.
• C) 60 days.
• D) 90 days.

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