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COVID-19: DME - Signature Requirements
Missouri Medicaid (MO HealthNet)·MO·Provider Notice
Effective date
May 11, 2020
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) temporarily waived signature requirements for DME during COVID-19, allowing telephone prescriptions without physician signatures, delivery without patient signatures, and typed signatures on Certificate of Medical Necessity forms instead of original signatures.
Action Required
Immediately: DME providers must document alternative verification methods - accept telephone prescriptions with physician name and NPI, document delivery recipient name and relationship to patient when signature waived, and use typed signatures on CMN forms in fields 7 and 14. Update documentation procedures to capture required information until original requirements are reinstated.