How to Use the ABN for Outpatient Therapy Services
Presented by Rick Gawenda
Often, therapists and assistants do not know when to and when not to issue an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) to a Medicare beneficiary. In addition, they do not understand how to properly complete an ABN and append the applicable modifier on the CPT code(s) on the claim form.
This course will teach participants when to and when not to issue an ABN to a Medicare beneficiary, how to correctly complete and issue an ABN, when they can collect funds from a Medicare beneficiary, and limitations of the ABN for Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program.
Learning Objectives
- Identify three examples of when an ABN would be appropriate to issue to a Medicare beneficiary
- List how an ABN can be delivered to a Medicare beneficiary
- State how to complete the ABN form
- List three examples of when an ABN would not be appropriate to issue to a Medicare beneficiary
- Recall how long you must maintain the ABN
- Identify how long an ABN can be valid
- Conclude when you can collect funds from a Medicare beneficiary who has signed an ABN
- Recall the modifiers associated with the ABN
Meet your instructor
Rick Gawenda
Rick Gawenda is founder and president of Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc. He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in physical therapy from Wayne State University in Detroit. Rick is director of finance for a physical therapist–owned private practice with multiple offices located in Southern California. In addition,…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction to the ABN
This chapter will teach participants who an ABN can be issued to and how an ABN can be delivered to a Medicare beneficiary.
2. Completing the ABN Form
This chapter will teach participants how to correctly complete the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) form.
3. When to and When Not to Issue an ABN
This chapter will teach participants when to issue and when not to issue an ABN to a Medicare beneficiary.
4. ABN Delivery, Period of Effectiveness, and Retention
This chapter will teach participants when an ABN delivery is considered effective, how long an ABN can be valid for, and how long you must maintain the ABN in the medical record.
5. Collecting Funds and QMB
This chapter will teach participants when you can collect funds from a Medicare beneficiary to whom an ABN has been issued and how beneficiaries enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program have financial protections included in the ABN.
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