Signature requirements for laboratory orders or requisitions

Although the provider signature is not required on laboratory requisitions, if signed and dated, the requisition will serve as acceptable documentation of a physician order for the testing and so it is strongly encouraged. In the absence of a signed requisition, documentation of your intent to order each laboratory test must be included in the patient’s medical record and available to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield upon request. Documentation must accurately describe the individual tests ordered; it is not sufficient to state “labs ordered.”

 

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will consider laboratory order or requisition requirements met with one of the following:

• A signed order or requisition listing the specific test(s)
• An unsigned order or requisition listing the specific test(s), and an authenticated medical record supporting the physician’s intent to order the test(s)

An authenticated medical record (for example, office notes or progress notes) supporting the physician’s intent to order the specific test(s)

Source: https://providernews.anthem.com/colorado/article/signature-requirements-for-laboratory-orders-or-requisitions-2