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Hi!  I had a friend tell me recently that there is a new biller in her office, and the woman is insisting that patients have to sign the patient encounter form for every visit.  My friend says that...

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I do not know of any rule or regulation that says encounter forms must be signed by patients at the end of each visit by the patient(someone correct me if I am wrong here). I believe having patients...

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Great answer! If your documentation is good and it flows as TBL explains there is no real reason unless you find that it would be helpful in certain situations, or if you want to make it a matter of...

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Thanks everyone! After I posted the question, I realized most physician's office DO have patients sign in - and this could be considered permission to treat. The woman who asked me feels that it is...

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As a patient myself, I see an internal medicine primary care provider and cardiologist on a constant basis.  Neither have me sign an encounter form.  I do enter my name on a sign in sheet when I...

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Steve: As always, thanks for your help!

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As I said, Im also a patient, so I see that part of our profession.  In my years, Ive met many types of employees.  We had one that was bossy, that went around telling everyone what they were doing...

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bets1 wrote:Thanks everyone! After I posted the question, I realized most physician's office DO have patients sign in - and this could be considered permission to treat. Only a signed statement of...

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On Sharon's point some will use forms that expressly say those two things, others will use 1500 forms and make sure they get both signatures in fields 12 & 13 with the patients portion of the form...

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