Tony Lembke wrote:
Does anyone know if the federal legislation has been changed such that digitally signed and delivered referral letters are adequate to satisfy Medicare requirements?
If so, do we know the signing requirements?
I don't know abut the legislation, but I understand that if you use an individual digital certificate to sign a referral that you are sending electronically, this satisfies the Medicare requirements. It has to be an individual digital certificate - a location certificate does not satisfy the requirements, because it does not identify a person.
I believe that thousands of referrals have been and are being sent electronically without any digital signature, and have been and are being accepted by medical specialists for Medicare benefits purposes.
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