Is the signature of the ordering physician required on a laboratory service requisition?
Referencing the following document -“Program Memorandum Carriers/Intermediaries – Transmittal AB-02-030” from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) dated March 5, 2002: “Medicare does not require the signature of the ordering physician on a laboratory service requisition. While the signature of a physician on a requisition is one way of documenting that the treating physician ordered the service, it is not the only permissible way of documenting that the service has been ordered. For example, the physician may document the ordering of specific services in the patient’s medical record.
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