Form CMS-1771 Attending Physicians Statement and Documentation of Medi

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

FORM APPROVED
OMB NO. 0938-0023

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN’S STATEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION OF MEDICARE EMERGENCY
SECTION A
1. PATIENT’S NAME

2. HI CLAIM NUMBER

SECTION B (To be completed by attending physician)
IMPORTANT: Please supply all information requested in order that the reviewing physician may promptly process the claim. A copy of the patient’s chart
including a minimum of admission history and physical, admission nurse’s notes, all physician’s orders, progress notes, and discharge summary may be
submitted in addition to or in lieu of this form if it covers all information requested below.
1. Date and approximate hour when emergency
occured which resulted in hospital admission.
MO

DAY

YR.

2. When and where was the patient first seen by you or another physician in connection with the emergency PRIOR
TO ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL?

APPROXIMATE HOUR
A.M.
P.M.

MO

DAY

YR.

APPROXIMATE HOUR
A.M.
P.M.

Home

Physician’s Office

Emergency Room

Accident Site

Other:
(Specify)
3. DATE AND HOUR OF ADMISSION

ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS(ES)

4. Emergency services are defined in the Medicare program for purposes of payment as inpatient and outpatient hospital services which are necessary to prevent the
death or serious impairment of the health of the individual and which, because of the threat to the life or health of the individual, necessitate the use of the most
accessible hospital available which is equipped to furnish such services.
In your opinion was this an emergency as defined under Medicare?

Yes

No

5. List special equipment or special personnel available at the admitting hospital if such special equipment or special personnel was a factor in necessitating admission
there rather than to a hospital which participates in the Medicare program.

6. Indicate specific signs and symptoms of the patient at the time of initial examination which will help to justify this case as a Medicare emergency. (If the patient was
admitted because of a change in a chronic condition or a condition which existed for several days prior to admission, please indicate the ACUTE changes )

6.a. Other findings on hospital admission
Ambulatory

Conscious

Unconscious

Non-ambulatory

Semi-conscious

Pain - Yes

Temperature

Blood Pressure

No
Pulse

Location of pain
/min.

Repirations

/min.

Pertinent laboratory findings at that time

7. List specific emergency services and care including surgery and other procedures (i.e., cystoscopy, bronchoscopy, X-rays, etc.) provided during the hospital admission.
EMERGENCY SERVICE
(Do not list elective procedures or surgery)

Blood transfusion
FORM CMS-1771 (9-77)

Yes

DATE(S)

No

RATIONALE OR REASON FOR SERVICE

8. List the clinical and laboratory findings, complications, or need for special services which justified the patient remaining an “emergency case” for the entire period claimed
and which precluded an earlier transfer to a participating hospital, or discharge.
FINDINGS, COMPLICATIONS, OR SERVICES

DATE

9. Give the earliest date on which it was permissible, from a medical standpoint, to either transfer the patient to a participating hospital or
extended care facility, or to discharge the patient.

MONTH

DAY

YEAR

10. Discharge diagnosis(es) (Show only diagnosis(es) that were related to the alleged emergency)

10a. Other contributing conditions

11. Please include (or attach) any additional information which you believe may be helpful in reaching a decision on this case.

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Maryland 21244-1850.
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DATE
M.D.

ADDRESS

D.O.
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