Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Manage Signature Mishaps With This Handy Chart

Tip: Know Medicare’s rules on providers’ signatures. Before you submit your medical documentation to Medicare, there’s one last piece of the puzzle that must be in place — the provider’s signature. Medicare requires that services provided or ordered be authenticated by the author, and the method used for authenticating would be a handwritten or electronic signature. Stamped signatures are not [...]
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