What is an Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) and why is it given?
Medicare requires certain medical necessity guidelines to be met prior to hospital performing certain outpatient diagnostic tests. Hospitals are required to have patients sign an ABN when a physician ordered test is not presented with a diagnosis that meets the Medicare medical necessity requirements. At this point, Medicare requires the patient to sign an ABN whereby the patient accepts financial responsibility for these charges if they still wish to have the test performed. Every effort is made by the hospital staff to work with your specific physician to ensure that the Medicare medical necessity requirements are met prior to performing the test. Q: Why did I get a bill when I have Medicaid/Peachcare? A: Most of the time, receiving a bill is due to our billing personnel not having complete or adequate information at the time of registration required to bill for your services. In other cases, it is due to the patient not being covered at the time of service. Please call us to discuss
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