tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 41

LONG-TERM CARE: Don't Sign On The (Digital) Dotted Line Yet

Signing clinical records electronically too soon could cost you.Less than a month after CMS gave nursing facilities the okay to sign the Minimum Data Set electronically, the agency is second-guessing its guidance, so many providers are putting their digital plans on hold.At the Sept. 28 SNF/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum, providers and CMS officials wrangled about just what constituted readiness to sign electronically. At the crux of the issue: whether a facility had to do all clinical documentation electronically to qualify for the privilege of signing the MDS electronically, or if only the MDS had to be...

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