New national ABN should be finalized by April, say HCFA officials

Article Overview

This article discusses HCFA’s development of a national Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form and the feedback gathered from physician, laboratory, and beneficiary advocacy groups. It is relevant to healthcare providers, laboratories, coders, and compliance staff who need to understand how Medicare notice requirements are being shaped and how stakeholders are responding to the draft form. The article also summarizes the agency’s testing process, proposed form revisions, and the opportunity for written comments.