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 ...

As part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule for calendar year 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) required a physician or a qualified non-physician practitioner (NPP ...

In a previous Payment Matters article, we reported that CMS had proposed to retract its rule requiring a physician or qualified non-physician practitioner (NPP) to sign the requisition for a clinical ...

Twenty-nine healthcare organizations, including the American Hospital Association (AHA), sent CMS a letter December 3 opposing what they termed the "redundant and burdensome" signature requirement ...

CMS will no longer enforce a policy that was set to take place last week, requiring a physician or other practitioner’s signature on requisitions for clinical laboratory tests in 2011, according to an ...

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has proposed a rule that would rescind a policy requiring physicians or qualified non-physician practitioners to include their signature on lab ...

CMS has announced it is delaying enforcement of policy included in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule requiring a physician’s or qualified nonphysician practitioner’s signature on ...