The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131. CMS improved the design and readability of the notice.

The updated ABN is effective now and expires March 29, 2029.

• Providers may continue to use the expired version of the ABN until May 12, 2026, but must transition to the updated version no later than that date.

The ABN is used to notify patients that they may be financially liable to cover specific it…

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