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Count on ABNs to Salvage Your Reimbursement for Uncovered Services

Published on Tue Mar 22, 2016

Keep records of unsigned ABN on file even if patient does not sign and return the ABN before the procedure. If you don’t want to lose out on getting deserved pay for potentially uncovered services, it is better to safeguard your practice’s interests by obtaining an advance beneficiary notice (ABN) from patients when it is appropriate. Medicare isn’t the only [...]
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