Time's Up for Previous ABN

A reminder from Jurisdiction A DME MAC NHIC last week notes that mandatory use of the revised Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage began March 1. CMS introduced the revised ABN March 3, 2008, and in the year since, has permitted dual acceptability of the old versions or the revised version of the form. But as of March 1, CMS said it would no longer accept any previous versions of the form.