Lower the risk to your bottom line

A revised edition, offering essential assistance in knowing when to present Medicare beneficiaries with ABNs, based on new information from the CMS final instructions on financial liability protections. Highlights:

• Medicare's definition of medical necessity, clearly explained, coupled with the procedures to follow when billing for suspected medical necessity denials
• Presents the standardized ABN formats
• How to fill out ABNs and deliver them to patients
• Special coverage of difficult issues, such as what to do when patients won't sign an ABN, prohibited ABN use and the risks of not providing ABNs