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Increased Flexibility Under the Stark Law for Signature AND Writing Requirements

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As CMS works to modernize and clarify the Physician Self-Referral (Stark) Law, the proposed rule published on October 17, 2019 includes a proposed revision that would provide greater flexibility for many nonabusive...more

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Sixth Circuit: Technical Physician Signature Deficiencies not "Material" to Reimbursement Claims

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The District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee held on June 22, 2017, that the timing requirements related to a physician's certification of need for home health services were not "material" to the Centers for...more

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Pathology Lab That Cannot Demonstrate Adequate Physician Orders Suffers Medicare Loss

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Much has been written regarding various Medicare policies that may cause a clinical laboratory to suffer the resulting financial consequences when a test requested by a physician is found to be not medically necessary, most...more

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