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12VAC30-60-5. Applicability of utilization review requirements.
A. These utilization requirements shall apply to all Medicaid covered services unless otherwise specified.
B. Some Medicaid covered services require an approved service
authorization prior to service delivery in order for reimbursement to occur. 1.
To obtain service authorization, all providers' information supplied to the
Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), service authorization
contractor, or the behavioral health service authorization its
contractor shall be fully substantiated throughout individuals' medical
records.
2. C. Providers shall be required to maintain
documentation detailing all relevant information about the Medicaid individuals
who are in providers' care. Such documentation shall fully disclose the extent
of services provided in order to support providers' claims for reimbursement
for services rendered. This documentation shall be written, signed, and dated
at the time the services are rendered unless specified otherwise.
D. Providers shall maintain documentation that demonstrates that individuals providing services have the required qualifications established by DMAS, the Department of Health Professions (DHP), or the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).
C. E. DMAS, or its designee, shall perform
reviews of the utilization of all Medicaid covered services pursuant to 42 CFR
440.260 and 42 CFR Part 456.
D. F. DMAS shall recover expenditures made for
covered services when providers' documentation does not comport with standards
specified in all applicable regulations.
E. G. Providers who are determined not to be in
compliance with DMAS requirements shall be subject to 12VAC30-80-130 for the
repayment of those overpayments to DMAS.
F. H. Utilization review requirements specific
to community mental health services, as set out in 12VAC30-50-130 and
12VAC30-50-226, shall be as follows:
1. To apply to be reimbursed as a Medicaid provider, the
required Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)
DBHDS license shall be either a full, annual, triennial, or conditional
license. Providers must be enrolled with DMAS or the BHSA to be reimbursed.
Once a health care entity has been enrolled as a provider, it shall maintain,
and update periodically as DMAS requires, a current Provider Enrollment
Agreement for each Medicaid service that the provider offers.
2. Health care entities with provisional licenses issued by
DBHDS shall not be reimbursed as Medicaid providers of community mental
health services.
3. Payments Reimbursement shall not be permitted
to health care entities that either hold provisional licenses or fail to
enter into a Medicaid Provider Enrollment Agreement for a service prior to
rendering that service, or fail to maintain a current Medicaid Provider
Enrollment Agreement. If services are provided through a Managed Care
Organization (MCO), services shall not be reimbursed unless the provider is
also enrolled with the MCO as a Medicaid provider.
4. The behavioral health service authorization DMAS
contractor shall apply a national standardized set of medical necessity
criteria in use in the industry, such as McKesson InterQual Criteria, or an
equivalent standard authorized in advance by DMAS. Services that fail to meet
medical necessity criteria shall be denied service authorization.
5. Service providers shall maintain documentation to establish that services are rendered by individuals with appropriate qualifications and credentials, including proof of licensure or registration through DHP if applicable. Qualified mental health professional-eligibles (as defined by DBHDS) shall maintain documentation of supervision and of progress toward the requirements for DHP registration as a qualified mental health professional-child or progress toward the requirements for DHP registration as a qualified mental health professional-adult as those terms are defined by DBHDS.