Action | Electronic Visit Verification |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 3/21/2020 |
in Virginia stakeholders were not given the opportunity to participate in the process as required by cms. No one knew what dmas was going to do to us. We have no one else to complain to. Some stakeholders feel dmas intentionally attempted to shut down advocates when the one page evv summary was sent to Virginia law makers to give to constituents who went to the law makers to ask for relief in this restrictive process. EVV does not have to be done the way Virginia is doing it. Live in should be exempt and DMAS lies about a cost being associated to do this, how could there be a cost? they are identified already, there is already a portal to enter time. EVV harms people with disabilities. Actual GPS location does not need to be collected. Time does not have to be captured in real time. Attendants are quitting left and right and others will not take the jobs now, mostly because they are not getting paid.