Delayed signature rule will still disrupt work flow when it hits
Your physician and non-physician providers (NPPs) are getting a reprieve from CMS’s new rule on signatures for clinical lab tests, which would have required a provider signature on every paper order for a test, starting Jan. 1, 2011. NOTE: This is an actual physician signature that can’t be substituted with a rubber stamp or signoff by another staff member, CMS says.
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