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Experts: G Modifiers Gaining Steam Toward Mainstream

GA is now required by many Medicare payers to indicate ABN. When your provider performs a service for a Medicare patient that the payer might not cover, you'll often need to obtain a signed advance beneficiary notice (ABN) in advance of the service. Without the ABN, you will not have informed the patient of the potential non-payment; thus, you typically [...]
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