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VA Community Care (VACC) Inpatient Claims Reimbursed Through the Fee Basis Claim System (FBCS) for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019

Cotiviti will review paid inpatient claims for VA Community Care (VACC) (formerly known as Non-VA Care or Fee Basis) paid by VA through the Fee Basis Claims System (FBCS).

Addendum, Cotiviti will also review paid inpatient claims for VA Community Care (VACC), (formerly known as Non-VA Care or Fee Basis) paid by VA through the Electronic Claims Adjudication Management System Healthcare Engine (eCAMS HCE).

Cotiviti will review inpatient claims paid by the VA in Fiscal Year 2018 (10/1/2017-09/30/2018) and Fiscal Year 2019 (10/01/2018-09/30/2019). Findings will be aggregated by provider Tax Identification Number (TIN) and by Fiscal Year.

The review will include inpatient claims paid under the following authorities:

38 U.S.C. § 1703 (authorized care)
38 U.S.C. § 1728 (service connected unauthorized care)
38 U.S.C. § 1725 (non-service connected emergency care)

Criteria for this audit is based on the following questions:

Was the care rendered under § 1703 in compliance with the authorization/referral?
Was appropriate rate reimbursed based on the methodology under applicable VA authorities?
Do the medical records support the Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) billed for the services?

Information from the following sources will be used to determine the accuracy of each payment:

Authorization/referral for services.
Submitted Claim.
VA Non-VA Hospital (NVH) DRG pricing.
Approved days documentation (applicable for inpatient claims paid at per diem rate, rather than full DRG).
Medical records.

The following assumption will apply to this audit:
Payment by the VA for the reviewed claims is determinative of the Veteran’s eligibility for the care; therefore, Cotiviti will not review Veteran eligibility.

Exclusions:

All claims with dates of service prior to 10/1/2017 will be excluded from the audit.
This audit will not include FY18 or FY19 inpatient claims rendered under the Patient Centered Community Care (PC3)/CHOICE or Community Care Network (CCN) contracts.
Claims specifically excluded from the scope of the contract:
a. Claims paid to the Department of Defense
b. Claims paid by VA for care furnished outside of the United States and its territories
c. Claims paid for State Home Per Diem Program
d. Claims paid related to domiciliary care
e. Claims paid for contract nursing home care
f. Claims paid for dental
g. Claims paid for adult day healthcare
h. Claims paid for bowel and bladder care
i. Claims currently under investigation by the VA for potential fraud, waste, and abuse
j. Claims included in equitable relief
k. Claims in prepayment review
l. Claims paid directly to Veterans
m. Any claim or claim type specifically sequestered by the VA

Cotiviti received a total of 20 public comments

Three providers inquired if the scope of the audit includes inpatient only or both inpatient and outpatient claims.
Response: The scope of the audit includes inpatient claims paid by the VA in Fiscal Year 2018 (10/1/2017-09/30/2018) and Fiscal Year 2019 (10/01/2018-09/30/2019).

Two providers inquired if there is a provider portal.
Response: Yes, Once the Provider Portal is live, providers will be able to log in using an authentication process and will be able to view medical records request letters, medical record tracking, dispute and appeal dispositions.

One provider requested additional information about the audit process and scope for agencies that contract with the VA in different states.
Response: The scope of the audit includes claims for VA Community Care (VACC) (formerly known as Non-VA Care or Fee Basis) paid by VA through the Fee Basis Claims System (FBCS). The audit will review all claims paid in a given fiscal year by the provider tax identification number. If the provider has multiple locations with different tax identification numbers, each tax identification number will receive notices regarding claims audit when appropriate.

One provider requested a delay on the audit for contract nursing homes.
Response: As outlined in the scope and methodology, claims for contract nursing home care are exluded from the scope of this contract.

Ten providers sumbitted claim specific inquiries which have been referred to the VA for follow-up.

The remaining 3 comments were unrelated to the recovery audit or failed to provide any narrative to be addressed.

01/03/2022

03/17/2022

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