Keep a copy of
Change Request 100076 to the Program Integrity Manual on hand if your practice uses scribes. It will help you fend off overpayment demands from auditors who try to ding your practice because the scribe didn't sign a chart. That's not how it works, CMS says in the Change Request:
Reviewers shall not deny claims for items or services because a scribe has not signed/dated a note.
The update applies to audits conducted by Medicare administrative contractors (MACs), comprehensive error rate testing auditors (CERT), supplemental medical review contractors (SMRCs) and zone program integrity contractors, CMS says.