tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 38

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Beginning Jan. 1, you must use the new 2011 version of the Advance Beneficiary Notice, or ABN (form CMS-R-131). CMS originally set the implementation date for the new ABN form for Sept. 1, but the agency extended the deadline to Jan. 1 "to permit providers and suppliers with pre-printed stockpiles of ABNs time to exhaust their supplies," the agency says in a message to providers. The switch shouldn't bring any big changes to your organization. "The 2008 and 2011 ABN notices are identical except that the release date of '3/11' is printed in the lower left hand corner...

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