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Part B Mythbuster:

Missing Signature Could Cost You

Published on Tue Jun 02, 2015

Tip: Create a signature log to protect your payments during an audit. Your physician’s signature could be worth thousands of dollars to your practice. Part B MAC WPS Medicare recently cited missing signatures as one of the most common errors among the payer’s audited claims, and that issue alone prompted scores of refund requests.  For example, WPS mentioned seeing subsequent [...]
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