tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 7

ADVANCE BENEFICIARY NOTICES: Say Goodbye To Payment Up Front For Non-Covered Services

Take your opportunity to comment on new ABN formIf the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form confuses your patients now, just wait until the new version debuts soon.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new version of the ABN form in the Feb. 23 Federal Register. The new form includes information about the beneficiary's right to demand that the provider bill Medicare for a service before paying out-of-pocket. And it now lets the patient choose among three options, instead of just two: 1)  Don't provide the service2)  Provide the service and let the patient...

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