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Dispel 4 Lab ABN Myths With These Tips

Published on Mon Oct 13, 2014

Learn how to use the ‘courtesy’ modifier. Your lab often faces this hurdle: what to do when a clinician orders a test that Medicare may not cover. If you think the answer is, “get a signed Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN),” you’re only partially right. When to use an ABN and how to let your payer know that you have one [...]
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