All Entries Tagged With: "ABN"
MedicareFind.com launches
HCPro, Inc. is pleased to announce it has launched MedicareFind.com. MedicareFind is a new regulatory database product that allows you to easily find Medicare-related source authorities. You can sort by date and also check just certain years, document types (e.g., transmittals), or sources of information (e.g., OIG, CMS).
Patient access managers may want to check out our “EasyFind” link to ABN-related documents.
You can also read analysis of recent Medicare-related regulations and tips for using the new MedicareFind site on the MedicareMentor Blog -- http://blogs.hcpro.com/medicarefind/
Download these Revenue Cycle Institute white papers
The Revenue Cycle Institute announces new and updated white papers available for download. In addition to a new white paper on physician queries by Shannon McCall RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC-I, director of coding and Health Information Management for HCPro, Inc., you will find an updated version of the whitepapers on the RAC demonstration project and the new ABN by Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC, director of Medicare and Compliance at HCPro, Inc., on the Revenue Cycle Institute Web site (www.revenuecycleinstitute.com).
Training tool: Completing the new ABN
The following table, adapted from CMS’ guidelines, outlines the details of filling in each blank on the new Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) of Noncoverage form, CMS R-131. The form is used by patient access staff members for Medicare patients.
Patient Access Advisor, May, 2007
Check out the May 2007 edition of Patient Access Advisor, which features:
- UNCHCS increases access, improves financial assistance for patients
- Access must play role in financing program, vendor selection
- NPI implementation causing confusion for many providers
- CMS proposes changes to ABNs; comments end April 24
- Discharge planning: More patients out by noon could mean boost to customer service, organization’s bottom line
- Special report: Registration accuracy rates (PDF only)