Physician Electronic Signatures for Hospice Certification OK Effective April 28

On March 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Change Request (CR) 5971 that allows hospices to submit hand written and electronic signatures for the certification of terminal illness, with an implementation date of April 28, 2008. CR 5971 was issued as a “clarification” of CR 5550 which had been issued on…