Home Health & Hospice Week

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Direct Docs To Signature Requirement Pointers

Whether they’re certifying terminal illness for hospice, ordering home health or requesting DME supplies, Medicare needs physicians’ signatures. But many docs are unclear regarding what specifics they must include when they are signing an order or prescription. A new CMS resource may help, offering specific guidance on signature requirements in 12 different articles on the matter. From an overall view regarding Medicare’s rules to specialty-specific signature regs, your referring phy-sicians can consult the handy resource whenever they have a question about signing your medical documents.

All of the links are in‑MLN Matters‑SE1419 at‑www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1419.pdf.

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