The new Advance Notice is much more complex than it first appears. I found that Julie Bowman, a Health care attorney has helped me with SABNs and may share some of the clarifying information. She can be reached at: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, This week we received instructions and a new > advance notice for > termination for Medicare + choice residents. It is > very different from > the 10055 and has a 2 day notice window. It is form > 10095. It notifies > the bene of a new fast track appeal process > available through the QIO. > The form states you will get a decision no later > than one day after you > request an appeal. I am scheduled to attend a 2 hour > web based inservice > provided by the NJ QIO in a few days. This form and > program will be > effective January 1,2004. You can go to > www.cms.hhs.gov/medicare/bni/ > for more info. You may want to check that the > appropriate person in your > facility has this information. Jeanne
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