tci Part B Insider - 2019 Issue Q3

Physician Notes: Late Signature Issues Are on the Rise

Tip: Submit attestation instead of adding signature after the fact. One Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) warns that late signatures may lead reviewers to the wrong conclusions about your claims. Now: Part B MAC CGS Medicare is seeing a significant amount of documentation with late signatures. The MAC reminds providers that they should avoid doing this per Medicare guidelines. “Providers should NOT add late signatures to the medical record, (beyond the short delay that occurs during the transcription process) but instead should make use of the signature authentication process,” advises the Medicare Program Integrity Manual, chapter 3, section...

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