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Updated Provider Screening Requirements
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Background • Under federal law (42 CFR Part 455), AHCCCS
must categorize and screen providers based on their risk of committing fraud.
• Risk categories: “limited,” “moderate” or “high.”
• At minimum, AHCCCS must place providers in the same risk category as Medicare (e.g. if Medicare categorizes the provider as high risk, AHCCCS must use that same category).
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Limited Risk • Criteria for determining limited risk:
o Individual professional licensure; o Subject to additional government or professional
oversight for payment of salaries or expenses; o Analysis of historical trends; o Previous experience with provider screening and
enrollment.
• Examples: Physicians; FQHCs; Certain Health Programs Receiving IHS Funding.
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Limited Risk • Screening Requirements
o Verify that provider meets all Federal and State requirements for that provider type.
o Conduct license verifications. o Check databases Social Security Administration Death Master File List of Excluded Individuals/Entities Excluded Parties List System
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Moderate Risk • Criteria for determining moderate risk:
o Lack of individual professional licensure; o Highly dependent on Medicare, Medicaid or CHIP to
pay salaries; o Provider can easily enter a line of business without
clinical or business experience; o Review of reports from HHS OIG and/or AHCCCS OIG.
• Examples: Hospice organizations; Community Mental Health Centers
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Moderate Risk • Screening Requirements
o Conduct all limited risk screening; o Conduct site visit to verify information in
provider’s registration application; o Conduct site visit to confirm that provider
meets all registration requirements.
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High Risk • Criteria for determining high risk:
o AHCCCS/HHS experience with provider type; o Review of reports from HHS OIG and/or AHCCCS OIG; o Medicaid vulnerable to making improper payments to
the provider type; o High number of providers enrolled in the program.
• Examples: newly-enrolling home health agencies; newly-enrolling durable medical equipment companies.
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High Risk • Screening Requirements:
o Conduct limited and moderate screening requirements.
o Conduct a fingerprint-based criminal background check.
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Adjustment of Risk Level • AHCCCS must raise a provider’s risk level to
high when: o AHCCCS imposes payment suspension based
on credible allegation of fraud; o Provider has existing Medicaid overpayment; o Provider has been excluded by HHS or a State
Medicaid Agency within the last ten years.
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Additional Screening Requirements • Medicaid agencies may impose screening
requirements above the minimum required by federal law.
• Example: Requiring proof of Tribal Business License for providers operating on Tribal lands.
• AHCCCS does not have to re-screen a provider already screened by Medicare.
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Assignment of Risk Levels • For Medicare provider types, AHCCCS using
the risk category assigned by Medicare. • For non-Medicare provider types, AHCCCS
using criteria from previous slides to categorize providers.
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Fingerprint-Based Criminal Background Checks • Only required for the high-risk provider and
anyone with a 5% or more direct or indirect ownership interest in the provider. o Ownership interest = possession of equity in
the capital, stock or profits o Indirect ownership interest = ownership
interest in an entity that owns a provider
• Generally, no individual has an ownership interest in a governmentally-owned provider.
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Fingerprint-Based Criminal Background Checks • AHCCCS must terminate or deny registration if
the provider, or person with 5% or more direct or indirect ownership interest in provider: o Fails to submit fingerprints within 30 days of
AHCCCS’ request; o Fails to submit fingerprints in the form and
manner requested by AHCCCS; o Has been convicted of crime involving
Medicare, Medicaid or CHIP in prior 10 years.
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Fingerprint-Based Criminal Background Checks • All Medicaid agencies must implement fingerprint-
based criminal background checks by June 1, 2016.
• AHCCCS will conduct these checks for the following providers if they initially registered after June 1, 2015: o Home Health Agencies o DME suppliers
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Questions?
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Thank You.
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