Amb Necessity Form-Front Page
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AMBULANCE NON-EMERGENCY AND DIALYSIS TRANSPORTS
Certification of Medical Necessity
DATE:_______________ FN=Form-AmbNecessity.DOC Front side Click here to see the BACK SIDE
Beneficiary Name: |
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Medicare HIC Number: |
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Date of Birth: |
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Name of Ordering Physician: |
| oYes | oNo | Is patient ambulatory with assistance? |
oYes |
oNo |
Is patient able to sit erect for duration of transport without pain and/or possibility of further injury? |
oYes |
oNo |
Can patient safely make transfers from bed to chair with assistance? How many attendants required_______ |
| oYes | oNo | Is patient totally bedridden? On what date?____________________ |
If the answer is no to either of the two middle questions, llease elaborate here. Also include any other comments concerning the patients need for ambulance transport rather than transport by other means PLEASE BE VERY SPECIFIC
CVA paralysis(whatextent)?__________________________Date______________
Contracture(what extent)?_____________________________________________
Amputations(what extent does patient have prosthesis(es)) ________________________________________________________________________
Severe Illness?____________________________________Date_______________
Do you reasonably expect patients status as described above will improve within the next six months? oYes oNo
I understand that falsification of a patients medical necessity for ambulance transport constitutes fraud and that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge oPhysician oNurse oEMT B/I/P oFamily
______________________________Signature _______________Date
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