Teleconference on the NEW Medicare ABN February 20, 2009, 1:00EST!
February 15, 2009
Are you ready for the new Medicare ABN? It becomes mandatory March 1, 2009. Does your office need training on when and how to utilize an ABN (Advance Beneficiary Notice)? Not sure whether or not you need training? Check out some of the comments below to see how well you do.
- Have you heard you no longer need to bill Medicare? NOT TRUE!
- Or that you no longer need to bill maintenance care? In some cases, that may be true – do you know when?
- Non-covered services may now be included — but only if you know how!
- On the new ABN, there are now THREE options from which the patient can choose. Do you know what you can and cannot tell the patient as they fill out their form?
Final instructions were not released until September 2008—any information prior to that might be obsolete! Much of the training information available came out with the first wave of information (prior to September). Are you sure your information is UP-TO-DATE?
There is so much mis-information about Medicare related issues. I always recommend that you KNOW YOUR SOURCE! Susan McClelland is a sought after lecturer on Medicare issues and I highly recommend her! You can be confident the information you get is necessary, current, and delivered in a manner which you will be able to understand and implement in your practice!
If you need further information on the new ABN, take a moment to sign-up today and make sure that you are compliant!
*The fee is $69.00 per office! Proceeds from the teleconference will benefit FCER, the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research.
Sign-up today by clicking HERE! Or if you are unable to attend the live teleconference, you may click HERE to purchase the CD.
Medicare is not as scary as it seems, so long as you have good information.
Practically Yours,
the PracticalCA
New Medicare ABN Coming Effective March 1, 2009!
February 11, 2009
New Medicare ABN Effective March 1, 2009!
The old Medicare ABNs will no longer be effective after February 28, 2009, and they will be replaced with the revised form “ABN” (CMS-R-131.) It may also be used to replace the “Notice of Exclusion
from Medicare Benefits” (NEMB) (CMS Form 20007.) There are several changes that will take place with the new revision, you can find out more at the following links:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/BNI/Downloads/ABNAnnouncementFAQs.pdf
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/bni/
Additionally, I highly recommend attending the teleconference which will be held by Susan McClellan, February 24, 2009 at 1:00 Eastern Time. The ABN is one of the most misunderstood components of Medicare. It is imperative to not only use the correct form, but also use the form correctly. With an ABN, if you use the form but do not use it correctly, it renders it void. So, stay tuned and check back to this site for more information on both the ABN, as well as the teleconference.
Practically Yours,
The PracticalCA
