tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2017 Issue 5

Advance Beneficiary Notices: New ABN Form Effective June 2017

Check out these rules for use as you prepare for the transition. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) forms are not common in the ED setting because of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). ABNs are never used in emergency situations, however if your group has expanded into non emergent service lines such as office type urgent care an awareness of the ABN rules and requirements may be important. The ABN form, CMS-131-R, has not really changed except to add closing language that informs patients CMS doesn’t discriminate in...

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