Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage (ABN) Form Change
Effective March 3, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented use of the revised ABN form. The new form, CMS R-131, combines the general Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN-G) and Laboratory Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN-L) into a single form.
Beginning March 3, 2008, but prior to March 1, 2009, providers can use either the current ABN-G and ABN-L or the revised ABN as valid notification. However, beginning on March 1, 2009, Medicare contractors will accept only a properly executed ABN (CMS R-131) as valid notification.
All providers and suppliers must begin using the revised ABN (CMS-R-131) on March 1, 2009.
Information regarding the use of the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) is available on the CMS Website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/BNI/02_ABNGABNL.asp#TopOfPage 
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Additional information regarding use of the ABN form is available in the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters article MM 6136, found at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6136.pdf 
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