RE: Re: Signature on orders

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Ours is completed through our transplant database and they are

electronic signatures. We have not had any issues with CMS on this.

Debbie Mast

Database Administrator/Financial Manager

Solid Organ Transplant/VAD Program

Stanford Hospital and Clinics

750 Welch Road, Suite 220

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Heart, Lung, Heart/Lung, Liver, Kidney, Pancreas, Intestinal

Transplant Programs

Trustee, TFCA

Phone: Fax:

www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org/stanfordmed

From: TxFinancialCoordinators

[mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Danner,

Sara

Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:51 PM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: RE: Re: Signature on orders

Who told you orders couldn’t be

pre-signed? CMS?

Sara Danner | Transplant Financial Coordinator | Memorial Medical Center |

Springfield, IL

Phone: | Fax: |

E-mail: danner.sara@...

CHOOSE GREAT. CHOOSE MEMORIAL.

From:

TxFinancialCoordinators

[mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of pequena1784

Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:39 PM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: Re: Signature on orders

At our hospital they have to be signed,dated,and timed by the physician. We

were told No pre-signed orders.

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> We have a copy on our forms and have never had an issue. They've been

reviewed by CMS as well.

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> Jodi MacFarland-

> Transplant Financial Coordinator

> Saint 's Kidney Transplant Center

> 310 Lafayette SE Ste 315

> Grand Rapids, MI 49503

> Phone:

> Fax:

> cartejom@...

> www.mercyhealthgrandrapids.com

> >>> " Danner, Sara "

01/04/2012 10:20 AM >>>

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> Does Medicare require an original INK signature by the physician on every

testing order, or can it be a copy?

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> Sara Danner | Transplant Financial Coordinator | Memorial Medical Center |

Springfield, IL

> Phone: | Fax: | E-mail: danner.sara@...

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> CHOOSE GREAT. CHOOSE MEMORIAL.

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