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5 Tips Will Help You Avoid Signature Error Denials

Published on Wed Nov 21, 2018

Avoid this common CERT Program pitfall finding You’ve got a perfectly coded claim—so things are great, right? Not so fast. If your oncologist failed to adequately sign the medical records, you could still be facing a denial. “Signature issues are among the biggest findings in the comprehensive error rate testing (CERT) and medical error rate programs”, said NGS Medicare’s Gail [...]
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