The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has indicated that it might rescind a rule that requires physician signatures on requisitions for all clinical laboratory tests paid for by Medicare, as ...

In the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, published in the November 29, 2010, edition of the Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") stated its intention ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will withdraw the requirement that physicians must sign all laboratory requisition forms, according to a news release from the American Association of ...

After 10 years, the requirements for signatures on lab requisitions are still in flux. “This is great news,” says Debbie Mackaman, RHIA, CHCO, regulatory specialist for HCPro, Inc., in Danvers, MA.