tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 12

CMS Regulations: Get The Scoop on These Hot Issues

Changes and clarifications should make life easier for you. The government tightened up CMS policy by issuing several clarifications in May. As you wade through the stack of transmittals and articles, keep these three issues in mind. 1. Rubber stamp signatures are okay — if you’re physically unable to sign. Most Part B practices know that a practitioner must either submit a handwritten or electronic signature for services that they order or provide, and that stamped signatures aren’t acceptable. However, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made a new exception to that policy this week...

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