CMS/Medicare: Revised Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) of Noncoverage

A revised Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) of Noncoverage (CMS-R-131) was released on March 3, 2008, and providers are authorized to begin using the notice immediately. Beginning September 3, 2008, all providers, practitioners, and suppliers paid under Part B, as well as hospice providers and religious non-medical health care institutions (RNHCIs) paid exclusively under Part A, must use the revised ABN in place of the ABN-G (CMS-R-131-G) and ABN-L (CMS-R-131-L). Revised manual instructions in Chapter 30 of the Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04) will be published within the next few weeks and a Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters article will also be released at that time. The revised ABN and form instructions can be accessed at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/bni.