MMP 24-34 - Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Personal Care Services Updates

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1Home Help EVV must be reported using procedure code T1019:CG, Personal Care Services, per one minute.(MMP 24-34 - Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Personal Care Services Updates)
• 2The completed BPHASA-2421 must be retained for seven years after the approved signature date, with protection of PHI per applicable privacy laws.(MMP 24-34 - Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Personal Care Services Updates)
• 3Provider agencies must complete initial set-up in the HHAeXchange system entering the live-in caregiver as a 'Residing Caregiver' to reflect an approved exemption for pre- and post-payment reconciliation.(MMP 24-34 - Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Personal Care Services Updates)
• 4For the Home Help program, renewal of live-in caregiver status must be completed every six months (during each six-month review) to remain exempt from EVV; for managed care programs renewal is annual.(MMP 24-34 - Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Personal Care Services Updates)
• 5A live-in caregiver must notify MDHHS, the approving entity, fiscal intermediary, or home care agency within 10 calendar days if their living arrangement changes so they no longer live with the beneficiary, and begin using EVV within the 30-day set-up period.(MMP 24-34 - Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Personal Care Services Updates)
• 6A live-in caregiver seeking EVV exemption must complete and submit the BPHASA-2421 Live-In Caregiver Attestation to the correct Approving Entity (for Home Help, the MDHHS Adult Services Worker); caregivers must use EVV until an approval is received (Home Help caregivers who have submitted the form to their ASW are exempt pending determination).(MMP 24-34 - Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Personal Care Services Updates)