Crosswalk Doc 020508

REVISIONS TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW NOTICES

Category	Section	Change/Reason	Effect to Reporting Burden
Lessons learned	Page 1	The revised Notice of Provider Non-Coverage and Detailed Explanation of Provider Non-Coverage will no longer require use of the beneficiary’s Medicare number as a patient identifier. Instead, providers may use a number that helps to link the notice with a related claim when applicable. This field is now optional and choosing not to enter a number will not invalidate the notice.	None
Lessons learned	Page 2	Changed the term “authorized representative” to “representative” in order to broaden the scope of representatives to include those appointed by other means (e.g. power of attorney, guardianship, etc.).	None