Failure to Provide Medicare Non-Coverage Notices
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to provide required notice of Medicare non-coverage to three residents who were reviewed for beneficiary notices. Surveyors requested the relevant documentation from the Director of Nurses and the Administrator, but the facility was unable to produce the Beneficiary Notices for these residents, only being able to locate one unrelated notice. According to the facility's own instructions, the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC) must be delivered to beneficiaries at least two calendar days before the end of Medicare-covered services, but this process was not followed for the affected residents.