tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 5

ABNs: Salvage Your Pay for Uncovered Procedures

Signature means you can bill beneficiary. Master the appropriate use of advance beneficiary notifications (ABNs), and you can safeguard your general surgeons’ pay for services your insurance contractors won’t cover. Medicare isn’t the only payer requiring ABNs these days, so knowing when and how to obtain patient-payment responsibility agreements is critical to your surgery practice’s bottom line. Get in line with all of your payers by getting in the habit of issuing ABNs when necessary, so you don’t end up giving your providers’ services away for free. Arrange an ABN When Medicare Might Not Pay...

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