Thanks, Paula!

Kind Regards,

Kathy Messerli

Executive Director

Minnesota Home Care Association

1265 Grey Fox Road, Suite 2 | Arden Hills, MN 55112-6929

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From: medicarewkgp@list.mnhomecare.org <medicarewkgp@list.mnhomecare.org> On Behalf Of Berger, Paula
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 3:05 PM
To: medicarewkgp@list.mnhomecare.org
Subject: RE: another question!

Nothing regulatory that I can think of for physician orders. Surveyors will check your policy and hold you to it. I would discourage anything less than 30 days in a policy. Include the time frames you resend orders, for example every 7 days and after 21 days you call the clinic and speak with a clinic lead. In the past I have seen a cover sheet state something like: Please sign these home health orders because we are unable to bill for services without a physician signature.

Your partner for good
Paula Berger PHN, RN, COS-C
Regulatory Compliance Supervisor, Home Care
Tel. 952-993-3669 | Fax 952-977-0622

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From: medicarewkgp@list.mnhomecare.org <medicarewkgp@list.mnhomecare.org> On Behalf Of Kathy Messerli
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 1:39 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL]another question!

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And one more question for today!

We have a question on Physician orders.

How long do we have before we are out of regulatory compliance on Physician signatures on orders? We have a few Physicians that do not sign right away and we are re-sending orders multiple times to try and get a signature.

Is there any recommended verbiage to get signatures more quickly?