Billing

What are the documentation requirements for billing Home Health and Hospice certification and recertification "485?"

There are none

If your doc is signing the 485, you should keep a copy of the signed and dated form in the chart in case of audit. Signing the form implies that the doctor reviewed all the information contained within and agrees or made modifications. You should use date of service as the date it was signed (even though care has been ongoing prior to that date) and place of service Office. (Although I got one in the mail to sign and the patient had been readmitted to the hospital so the date I signed it was also a day he was in the hospital so I got denied. Don't know the official guidance on how to bill in that situation.)