Marallo, Thomas--NH

Document ID: CMS-2011-0134-0009
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Received Date: July 06 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: September 13 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: June 30 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: August 29 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80eba2c1
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Medicare Programs: Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule; Signature on Requisition

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It is fitting and proper to rescind the physician signature requirement. We in the laboratory receive many orders that are easily traceable back to the patient chart with appropriate physician notes and signature, but may not have been personally signed by the ordering physician. It is bad patient care and worse customer service to delay testing while a signature is obtained. This rule should be finalized and adopted as written.