Certification Period Overview 

Certification period generally applies to Certified Home Health and PPS episodic billing. The certification period is usually 60 days for each episode in which services are provided based on the physician orders.

A certification period is created when the SOC assessment is completed and signed for Certified Home Health only. For re-certification you can create additional certification periods within Case Details > Cert Periods by adding new certification dates.

Certification periods are needed before creating an authorization for scheduling resources. When a certification period is active, it appears in the Client Header.

For Private Pay and Fee For Service payers, a certification period is generated manually, but only for the time frame intended to provide services. The certification period is created outside of an assessment.