You Be the Coder:
ABNs Can Protect You
Published on Wed Oct 19, 2016
Question: We haven’t customarily used advance beneficiary notices (ABNs) in our practice unless we’re on the fence about whether a payer will reimburse a procedure, but our doctor wants us to start using them even if we know the insurer won’t pay. Can you advise on how to do this? Codify Subscriber Answer: An ABN, or Advance Beneficiary Notice, is a form [...]