DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2025 Issue 10 (October)

Docs can use signature stamps if ‘disabled,’ and can prove it

Question: I just saw a Medicare Learning Network (MLN) fact sheet that says while CMS doesn’t usually accept stamped signatures on medical documents to indicate the providers has written or reviewed them, “according to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, we allow a rubber stamp for a signature if the author has a physical disability and provides proof of their inability to sign due to their disability.” Can my provider with arthritis start using a stamp now?

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