tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 18

Industry Notes: CMS Clarifies Hospice Signature Requirements

Plus: Get advice from Medicare to discover differences between payment review programs You may be aware that stamped signatures are forbidden when documenting a hospice provider's signature, but CMS now clarifies its stance on another confusing documentation topic: the faxed signature. In MLN Matters article MLN5971, with an April 28 implementation date, CMS notes that Medicare has often maintained that the only legible identifiers it accepts for services provided or ordered by hospices must be generated using a written or electronic signature. But, the article notes, CMS now allows an exception to this requirement. "A facsimile of an original...

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