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Published on Wed May 19, 2021

Question: We just started having one of our medical assistant’s act as a scribe for a physician with a broken hand. Does Medicare require the medical assistant to sign the medical record when she is documenting for the provider? North Carolina Subscriber Answer: No, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) does not expressly require scribes to sign or date documentation [...]
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