What is a Medicare ABN?
A Medicare ABN (Advance Beneficiary Notice) is a document that patients can be asked to sign and date when a service/test/item ordered by a provider is expected to not be covered by Medicare.
Tests/services/items can be provided to the patie...
What is a Medicare NCD and LCD?
Medicare has determined that certain tests are subject to NCD and LCD limitations.
NCD - National Coverage Determination
LCD - Local Coverage Determination
In short, Medicare is limiting the amount of a certain test/supply/servic...