tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2024 Issue Q2

Medicare Tips: Sharpen Your Medicare Signature Knowledge

Resolving your questionable signatures prior to claim submission is key. In your general surgery practice, it’s likely that you encounter Medicare patients regularly mastering the skill of avoiding claim denials due to signature errors is crucial. Here’s why: Medicare mandates that services provided or ordered must be verified by the author. Verification can be achieved through a handwritten or electronic signature. Read on to learn the hard and fast rules of acceptable Medicare signatures. Rule 1: Medicare has guidelines that provider signatures must meet. Medicare requires that all services provided or ordered be authenticated by the author...

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