Chiropractic Coding & Billing Articles

Medicare’s Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN) Form (CMS-R-131) had changes that became effective on June 30, 2023. This article summarizes the changes for this essentia ...

The “Medicare Advance Written Notices of Non-coverage” booklet, published by CMS’s Medicare Learning Network, was updated. This article discusses the changes to this booklet regar ...

The anticipated changes to the Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN) Form (CMS-R-131) have arrived. This important form is issued to the patient or client by providers, phys ...

Question: What do I do when a Medicare patient refuses to sign an ABN? Answer: That depends on whether the patient is still demanding to have/receive the service/supply. If they aren� ...

Question My patient seemed confused about which of the options they should check. Can I just tell them which one they should check? Answer No! That could be construed as coercion. Th ...

Although it has been quite some time since ChiroCode published an article about the revised instructions for non-participating providers  who use the ABN,  ...

Q/A: With a maintenance patient of medicare age that has a medicare replacement plan (Part C), do they need to fill out an ABN? ...

Questions regarding using modifiers when billing CMT and non-covered codes to Medicare. We have used AT (Active) and GA (signed ABN) when billing active care for CMT codes 98940-98942 ( ...

Non-participating providers have the option to strikeout part of the ABN form. ...

Do we need to charge for non-covered services performed under a maintenance visit if we use the S8990 code when billing Medicare? ...

We are using the ABN for non-covered services (such as therapy codes) when the patient is under active care. We are also using the ABN for CMT codes when the patient is under maintenanc ...

New ABN form for 2017. Watch this video to learn more and download a copy of the new form. ...

What is the ABN form used for? The Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage (ABN) is the Notice of Liability that is required to be provided to Medicare patients in the event that th ...