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Apr 27th, 2011 - Cara

doctors' orders

We have an in-house laboratory in my office. If one of our patients comes in with a lab order from another doctor, is it legal for us to draw and do that testing in-house? Is it necessary for one of our doctors to re-write the order onto one of our own requisitions?

Apr 27th, 2011 -

re: doctors' orders

Not for Medicare. If you own the lab, you can only do labs on your own patients. If it is your patient, you can run the test and you should incorporate the results in the patient's chart after the patient's doctor in your practice reviews them

Apr 27th, 2011 -

re: doctors' orders

When you say not for Medicare, do you mean that the testing can not be done on Medicare patients, or that the orders do not need to be re-written for Medicare patients?

Apr 28th, 2011 -

re: doctors' orders

Sorry- I was confusing. You cannot do labs on Medicare patients that are not already cared for in your practice. If they are your patient and a non-affiliated doc orders the labs, you can do them and bill for them but your doc should cosign the order. Medicare is very nebulous on this so it is best to err on the side of caution.



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