Failure to Provide Required SNF ABN Notification
Penalty
Summary
Facility staff failed to provide a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN) notification to one of three residents selected for SNF Beneficiary Notification Review. During the survey, the administrator supplied a list of Medicare beneficiaries discharged from a Medicare Part A stay with benefit days remaining, from which three residents were chosen for review. For one resident, documentation showed that the SNF ABN was not provided, with a hand-written note indicating uncertainty and inability to locate the document in the file. Interviews with the administrator confirmed that staff could not find any beneficiary documentation for this resident. The issue was discussed with facility leadership, but no further information or documentation was provided before the survey concluded.