Physician Recertification language has been added to the Plan of Care Print Form available with Main Office software versions dated 9/2/2015 or later. The language will only be available with the Free Form/Generic format of the 485/Plan of Care. The software will automatically populate the language for Recertifications based upon the Start of Care date and current certification Period entered on the 485/Plan of care. The language will allow the Physician to enter the estimated length of time services will be required. The language and space for documenting the time frame will print just above the Physician signature line on the 485/Plan of Care.
For those agencies whose Plan of Care does not require the physician to enter the estimated length of continued service, an override has been added in Other Set, System Overrides to turn the language off. In System Overrides, the 485/Orders tab under the heading for 485’s a check box can be found to, “Do Not display recertification episode time period estimate box.”