{"ref":"DC-HH-BUS-03","title":"Electronic Visit Verification for DC Medicaid Services","category":"Business","summary":"Requires every DC Medicaid personal care aide visit, and every other DC Medicaid home health visit for which DHCF requires it, to be recorded in the electronic visit verification system DHCF uses, with the six federal data elements, and controls manual corrections, missed visits, and the related records.","inShort":["For DC Medicaid visits, check in and check out in the EVV app from the patient’s home at every visit.","Use only your own login. Never check in for someone else or record time you did not work.","If the app does not work, call the office from the home at the start and end of the visit.","Personal care aides also complete the timesheet listing the tasks done.","If you will be late or cannot make a visit, call the office right away so another caregiver can be sent."],"primaryCitation":"42 U.S.C. §1396b(l)","citations":["29 DCMR §5006.4","29 DCMR §5013.1","29 DCMR §5015.3","29 DCMR §5008.3","DHCF Transmittal 21-45","DHCF Transmittal 22-38"],"federalCitations":["42 U.S.C. §1396b(l)"],"surveyorAsks":["Which of your services are subject to electronic visit verification?","Show me the EVV record for this visit. Does it match the timesheet and the claim?"],"forms":[{"ref":"DC-HH-BUS-03-A","title":"EVV Exception and Manual Visit Verification Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 U.S.C. §1396b(l))","5. Services Subject to EVV","6. Recording a Visit","7. Manual Corrections and Exceptions","8. Missed and Late Visits","9. Reconciliation and Records","10. Responsibilities","11. Records and Compliance Monitoring","12. Staff Training","13. References","14. Related Policies and Forms","15. Approval","16. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"dc-hha","state":"Washington, DC","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}