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Signatures Are Key to Proving Validity

Question: I was told that providers had to sign off on the encounters before creating/submitting claims. My supervisor read the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule about documentation best practices being 24-48 hours and said we can create/submit claims at the time of service, and providers can sign off later. I told them that would not be compliant, [...]
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