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Submitting an Inpatient Service Authorization Request
11/10/2020
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Slide6New Health Coverage for Adults in Virginia
Beginning January 1, 2019, more adults living in Virginia will have access to quality, low-cost health insurance. The new coverage includes hospital stays, doctor visits, preventive care, prescription drugs and much more!
The rules have changed! So, if you applied for Medicaid in the past and were denied, you may soon be eligible. Eligibility is based on income, with a single adult making up to $16,754, or a family of three making up to $28,677, qualifying for coverage.
Interested in learning more?
Check out the below resources or visit
www.coverva.org
for more information and details on eligibility.
Coverage for Adults Brochure (PDF) Coverage for Adults Flyer (PDF)
FAQs - New Adult Eligibility for Health Coverage (PDF) Coverage for Adults Poster (PDF)
Slide7GAP (GOVERNOR’S ACCESS PLAN)
As part of Medicaid Expansion, On January 1, 2019, Virginia Medicaid will offer new health coverage for adults. Most Governor’s Access Plan (GAP) members will be enrolled automatically in this new program.
If the member has any questions about the new health coverage for adults, or if they need to provide notification of a change in where they live, mailing address, phone number, change of income or health insurance coverage, please contact Cover Virginia GAP Processing Unit at 855-869-8190.
Slide8INPATIENT SERVICES
INPATIENT ACUTE-MEDICAL - SURGICAL SRV AUTH SERVICE TYPE 0400
INPATIENT REHABILITATION - SRV AUTH TYPE 0200
Slide9Service Authorization and General Background Information
Service authorization (
Srv
Auth) is the process to approve specific services for an enrolled Medicaid, FAMIS Plus or FAMIS individual by a Medicaid enrolled provider prior to service delivery and reimbursement.
The purpose of service authorization is to validate that the service requested is medically necessary and meets DMAS criteria for reimbursement.
Service authorization does not guarantee payment for the service; payment is contingent upon passing all edits contained within the claims payment process, the individual’s continued Medicaid eligibility, the provider’s continued Medicaid eligibility, and ongoing medical necessity for the service.
KEPRO will approve, pend, reject, or deny all completed Srv
Auth
requests.If Clinical information is missing from the Srv Auth request after the initial evaluation, the clinical reviewer will pend the case for one business day
Slide10Service Authorization and General Background Information
The clinical reviewer will send a message via Atrezzo as well as faxing a letter to the Provider requesting additional information.
The Provider has one business day to provide the requested information.
If the additional information requested does not meet the criteria to determine medical necessity, the request is sent to the KEPRO Physician to make a medical necessity determination.
The KEPRO Physician will provide a decision within one business day of receiving the request to review for medical necessity.
The provider will be notified of the decision by a message entered into Atrezzo, as well as the Atrezzo case notes.
If the MD decision is to approve the case, a system generated approval will be received by the provider.
If the MD has denied the case, a letter will be faxed to the provider with the details of the MD decision. The clinical reviewer will also send an Atrezzo message and will document the decision in the Atrezzo case notes.
Slide11Service Authorization and General Background Information (continued)
It is the provider's responsibility to verify member eligibility and to check for managed care organization (MCO) enrollment.
For MCO enrolled members, the provider must follow the MCO's
Srv
Auth
policy and billing guidelines.
Slide12Member Eligibility Verification is Provider Responsibility
VIRGINIA MEDICAID WEB PORTAL
It is the Provider’s Responsibility to verify Member eligibility.
DMAS offers a web-based Internet option to access information regarding Medicaid or FAMIS member eligibility, claims status, check status, service limits, service authorizations, and electronic copies of remittance advices.
Slide13Communicating with DMAS and KEPRO
Provider manuals are located on the Virginia Medicaid Web Portal. The Virginia Medicaid Web Portal can be accessed by going to:
www.virginiamedicaid.dmas.virginia.gov
.
The DMAS/KEPRO website
http://dmas.KEPRO.com has information related to the service authorization process for Inpatient Acute Admissions and Intensive Rehabilitation services. To access the fax form for Intensive Rehabilitation services, select the FORMS tab and utilize the DMAS 362. For educational material, click on the TRAINING tab.
A service specific checklist for Inpatient Med/
Surg and Intensive Rehabilitation may be found by clicking on “Service Authorization Checklists” on KEPRO’s website.
For service authorization questions, providers may contact KEPRO at providerissues@KEPRO.com.
KEPRO can also be reached by phone at 1-888-827-2884, or via fax at 1-877-OKBYFAX or 1-877-652-9329.
Slide14Submission Methods
Inpatient Acute ( 0400)
KEPRO will accept requests through direct data entry (DDE) only through Atrezzo Connect (refer to slide 10 for registration requirements).
Intensive Rehabilitation ( 0200)
KEPRO will accept requests through DDE, fax, and telephone
Slide15Atrezzo Connect registration requirements
To access Atrezzo Connect on KEPRO’s website, go to
http://dmas.KEPRO.com
.
Provider Registration is Required to use Atrezzo Connect
The registration process for providers happens immediately on-line.
From http://dmas.KEPRO.com, providers not already registered with Atrezzo Connect may click on “First Time Registration” to be prompted through the registration process. Newly registering providers will need their 10-digit National Provider Identification (NPI) number and their most recent remittance advice date for YTD 1099 amount
.The Atrezzo Connect User Guide is available at http://dmas.KEPRO.com
: Click on the Training tab, then the General tab.
Providers with questions about KEPRO’s Atrezzo Connect Provider Portal may contact KEPRO by email at atrezzoissues@KEPRO.com.
Slide16Atrezzo Connect registration requirements
Registration Process for New Providers who have not billed
In order to successfully register for KEPRO’s Provider Portal, a Provider must have a registration code. Registration code consist of YTD 1099 dollar amount or Date of last remittance advice from DMAS.
When a new provider is ready to register, contact KEPRO Provider Service at 1-888-827-2884. A Provider service representative will provide the required value for successful registration.
Upon acquiring the registration code, registration will need to
be
completed within the current week. A new registration value will be associated with each NPI number until completion of Atrezzo Provider portal registration.
Slide17Service Authorization Requests: General Information Inpatient
Admissions (0400,0200)
On admission to Inpatient Acute Services, the member must meet criteria for inpatient hospitalization and have a treatment plan in place that requires an inpatient level of care.
All admissions must be submitted within 1 business day of the admission. A business day is defined as 12:00 am – 11:59 pm, Monday – Friday, with the exception of State recognized holidays.
Medicaid defines “observation beds” as outpatient services and does not require service authorization.
To initiate service authorization of the admission, the provider must provide: member’s name, identification number; admission diagnosis and ICD-10 diagnosis code(s), the medical indication for hospitalization; and the plan of care.
KEPRO will apply
InterQual
® ISD criteria. Service authorization is required for the initial admission to Inpatient acute medical/surgical services. Intensive rehabilitation admissions require service authorization for the initial admission and continued length of stay.
Slide18Service Authorization Requests: General InformationInpatient Admissions (0400,0200)(continued
)
Retrospective review will be performed when a provider is notified of a patient’s retroactive eligibility for Virginia Medicaid coverage. Prior to billing Medicaid the provider must have a
Srv
Auth.
KEPRO will not accept reviews for members who have Medicare Part A. If Medicare denies the requested stay and/or if the Medicare benefits are exhausted, the provider must submit a
Srv
Auth request for retrospective review.
Slide19Service Authorization Requests: Specific Information for Inpatient Med/Surgical Admissions (0400)
For Organ Transplants, Gastric Bypass Surgery, Cosmetic Procedures including Breast Reduction, the procedure must be authorized in addition to the inpatient hospital admission.
Admissions require service authorization by KEPRO.
KEPRO will provide a service authorization number for the admission date. Under the DRG reimbursement methodology, no continued stay reviews will be conducted for members receiving general acute medical/surgical services.
For those members who do not meet
InterQual
criteria on admission but do meet the criteria later in the hospitalization, the Provider must request service authorization within one business day of the patient’s meeting the criteria.
Service Authorization is not required for normal maternity/newborn inpatient care. This includes normal vaginal deliveries with a length of stay less than or equal to three days from the date of admission.
Slide20Service Authorization Requests: Specific Information for Inpatient Med/Surgical Admissions (0400)
Caesarian section deliveries, with a length of stay less than or equal to five days from the date of admission; and newborns who are in the normal nursery with a length of stay less than or equal to five days from the infant’s date of birth.
Service authorization will be required for the entire newborn stay if the infant is in any other nursery setting for any part of the stay.
KEPRO must service authorize maternity and newborn stays which do not fall within these parameters, and the service authorization must be on file with DMAS prior to billing for the stay.
Certain procedures done as outpatient do require service authorization if the patient is subsequently admitted to the hospital due to postoperative complications, the provider must obtain authorization within 1 business day of Inpatient admission.
Slide21Service Authorization Information Specific Information
for Intensive Rehab Admissions (0200)
All new requests for Service Authorization must be received through KEPRO within 72 hours of admission. All requests received after 72 hours of admission will be denied untimely up to the date the request is received. The request may be approved starting with the date the request was received should the member continue to meet medical necessity. The review analyst will assign an initial length of stay.
If services are to extend beyond the authorized length of stay. the provider must submit additional clinical to KEPRO prior to the end date of the existing authorization in order to ensure timely submittal.
For initial and continued stay denials, providers must continue to submit clinical information for the remainder of the stay in order to remain timely.
Slide22Out-of-State Service Authorization Requests: Specific Information
for Intensive Rehab (0200)
Effective March 1, 2013 out-of-state providers need to determine and document evidence that one of the following items is met at the time the service authorization request is submitted to the service authorization contractor:
The medical services must be needed because of a medical emergency.
Medical services must be needed and the recipient’s health would be endangered if he were required to travel to his state of residence;
The state determines, on the basis of medical advice, that the needed medical services, or necessary supplementary resources, are more readily available in the other state;
It is the general practice for recipients in a particular locality to use medical resources in another state.
Authorization requests for certain services can also be submitted by out-of-state facilities. Refer to the Out-of-State Request Policy and Procedure on Pages 8 & 9 for guidelines when processing Out-of-State requests, including 12VAC30-10-120.
The provider needs to determine item 1 through 4 at the time of the request to the Contractor. If the provider is unable to establish one of the four KEPRO will:
Pend the request utilizing established provider pend timeframes
Have the provider research and support one of the items above and submit back to the Contractor their findings
Slide23DMAS Helpline Information AND/OR Resources
The “HELPLINE” is available to answer questions Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on holidays.
KEPRO Website
https://dmas.KEPRO.com
.
DMAS web portal
https://www.virginiamedicaid.dmas.virginia.gov.
For any questions regarding the submission of Service Authorization requests, please contact KEPRO at 888-827-2884 or 804-622-8900.For claims or general provider questions, please contact the DMAS Provider Helpline @ 800-552-8627 or 804-786-6273.