ABN Forms

[Arkymedic]

How many individual's services here require an ABN to be filled out on all non-critical/non life threatening patients transported?

 

[Epi-do]

I am guessing that we don't do it because I don't have a clue what one is. That, and all I ever have to do is my PCR.

 

[ffemt8978]

Are you talking about the Physician's Certification for Medical Necessity forms?

 

[Arkymedic]

Are you talking about the Physician's Certification for Medical Necessity forms?

No. We use those too. The ABN is a form for Medicare that looks like this:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/BNI/Downloads/CMSR131G.pdf

This form is supposed to be used when the medic feels like Medicare will not pay for the transport and the pt still wants to be transported by EMS. You have to write the services that MC prob will not pay for, get an estimated cost for service, then have the pt check opt 1 or 2. Its a pain in the *** but its something we have to do religiously now.

There is also a push for this form to become a standard for medicaid and private ins as well...

 

[ffemt8978]

We use those at my vollie service, but not at my paid service.