Hello and welcome to our video regarding triggering events for ABNs.
You may at times expect that certain otherwise covered items or services might be noncovered
at one of three points.
These three points are called triggering events.
They are the initiation of the service; the Reduction of Service and the Termination of
Services.
Let's discuss each of these events in more detail.
The first point is the initiation.
Initiation is the beginning of a new patient encounter, the start of a plan of care, or
beginning of treatment.
If a notifier believes that certain otherwise covered items or services will not be covered
or believes the service to be not reasonable and necessary at initiation, an ABN must be
issued prior to the beneficiary receiving the non-covered care.
For Example: The beneficiary requests an EKG because of a family history of heart disease.
The beneficiary does not have a diagnosis that warrants the medical necessity for an
EKG but insists on having it even if she has to pay out of pocket for it.
The physician's office should issue an ABN to the patient before the EKG is done.
The second point is if a reduction occurs.
This is when there is a decrease in a component of care, such as the frequency or duration
of services.
The ABN is not issued every time an item or service is reduced.
But, if a reduction does occur and the beneficiary wants to receive care that is no longer considered
medically reasonable and necessary, the ABN must be issued prior to delivery of this noncovered
care.
For Example: The beneficiary is receiving outpatient physical therapy five days a week,
and after meeting several goals, their therapy is reduced to three days per week.
The beneficiary wants to achieve a higher level of ability in performing activities
and wants to continue with therapy 5 days a week.
He is willing to take financial responsibility for the costs of the 2 days of therapy per
week that are no longer medically reasonable and necessary.
An ABN would be issued prior to providing the additional days of weekly therapy.
The third point is at the termination of services.
A termination is the discontinuation of certain items or services.
The ABN is only issued at termination if the beneficiary wants to continue receiving care
that is no longer medically reasonable and necessary.
For Example: The beneficiary has been receiving covered outpatient speech therapy services,
has met her treatment goals, and has been given speech exercises to do at home that
do not require the presence of a therapist.
The beneficiary wants her speech therapist to continue to work with her even though continued
therapy is not medically reasonable or necessary.
The beneficiary is issued an ABN prior to her speech therapist resuming the therapy
that is no longer considered medically reasonable and necessary.
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