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Industry Note:

Missing Doc Signature Means No Billing

Published on Fri Aug 16, 2013

Don’t rely on your patient’s say-so to start delivering services. So says HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA in a recently posted set of questions-and-answers from its July 16 Ask the Contractor Teleconference. Question: A home health agency asked how to handle a situation where a beneficiary switched physicians and the agency couldn’t get in touch with the doc. The [...]
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