Deadline for revised ABN extended to March 2009

Article Overview

This article explains a CMS deadline change affecting the transition to the revised Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) and related notification forms. It is relevant to physician practices, laboratory billing staff, compliance teams, and other providers that use Medicare beneficiary notice forms. The article covers the extended implementation timeline, the relationship between the revised ABN and prior general-use and laboratory forms, and the availability of the revised forms through CMS.