Get Hcfa2728 Form

2728 Forms are to be submitted in EQRS: https://eqrs.cms.gov/. Due within 45 days of the Admit Date (Field 24). Due for all ESRD patients (not AKI patients). A Supplemental/Re-Entitlement is not required if the patient already has Medicare coverage due to age (>65) or due to another medical condition.

The CMS 2728 must be signed by the treating physician (MD or DO) who is knowledgeable of his/her kidney failure. An APRN or PA cannot sign this form in lieu of a physician based on Social Security's definition of "physician." The instructions for the CMS 2728 do not allow the use of signature stamps.

The Form CMS-2728-U3 (End Stage Renal Disease Medical Evidence Report Medicare Entitlement and/or Patient Registration) is the primary documentation that a claimant has ESRD. It also provides statistical data for use in monitoring the ESRD program.

A Supplemental CMS-2728 Form is required when a patient has received a transplant or trained for self-care dialysis within the first three months of the first date of dialysis and the initial 2728 form was submitted. Note: Steps to completing a Supplemental 2728 Form are identical to completing an Initial 2728.

A re-entitlement 2728 form is required when an initial 2728 form has been previously submitted and the patient's Medicare ESRD benefits have been terminated because: The patient recovered function or discontinued dialysis and it has been 1 year are more since the patient received dialysis.

2728 Forms are to be submitted in EQRS: https://eqrs.cms.gov/. Due within 45 days of the Admit Date (Field 24). Due for all ESRD patients (not AKI patients).

The CMS 2728 must be signed by the treating physician (MD or DO) who is knowledgeable of his/her kidney failure. An APRN or PA cannot sign this form in lieu of a physician based on Social Security's definition of "physician." The instructions for the CMS 2728 do not allow the use of signature stamps.

The Form CMS-2728-U3 (End Stage Renal Disease Medical Evidence Report Medicare Entitlement and/or Patient Registration) is the primary documentation that a claimant has ESRD. It also provides statistical data for use in monitoring the ESRD program.