Failure to Provide SNF-ABN When Therapy Services Ended
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to provide a Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage (SNF-ABN) to a resident when therapy services were discontinued, despite the resident still having skilled benefit days remaining. The resident, who had diagnoses including anemia, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension, was admitted on 01/22/25 and received therapy services that ended on 02/16/25 due to admission to hospice care. Medical record review showed no evidence that the required SNF-ABN was given at the time therapy services ended. This was confirmed during an interview with the Business Office Manager, who acknowledged that the notice should have been provided but was not.