EVV for Virginia Home Health Care Update

VIRGINIA ELECTRONIC VISIT VERIFICATION



The latest buzz out of the state of Virginia is that the EVV requirement for skilled home health services will go into effect with a soft launch date in the summer of 2023.

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) is a CURES Act requirement for Home Health Care Services (HHCS) effective from January 1, 2023. Virginia applied for and received a GFE exemption for Home health care services. As a result, Virginia planned to implement EVV for Home Health Care Services later in 2023.

So when does EVV for skilled Home Health Care services in Virginia Start?

The soft launch date for Virginia’s EVV requirement for skilled home health care goes into effect on July 1, 2023.

 The full mandate is scheduled to go into effect on Oct 1, 2023.

What does this mean for Virginia Skilled care Home Health Agencies?

Virginia is a Provider Choice State, meaning home health care agency providers may choose an approved Virginia EVV system that best meets their needs as long as it meets DMAS requirements. The provider is responsible for using an EVV system that captures the EVV elements in an electronic record when the visit occurs and is maintained in an electronic format for audit.

EVV is intended to be an electronic process. The electronic process should start when the worker providing the services reports the time and location when the visit begins and ends as it occurs and information about the aide/skilled worker. Manual entries and manual adjustments are expected to decrease over time. On July 1, 2023, EVV HHCS claimed requirements with soft edits. That means claims will pay with a notation of any EVV errors. The soft edits will end on December 1, 2023, and claims with EVV errors will be denied payment.

Learn more about Virginia EVV requirements, Home Health Software for Virginia with built-in EVV, finding an approved EVV system for Virginia, and the history of the 21st Century Cures Act in this blog. To review additional information regarding electronic visit verification aggregators by state, click on the following link to view the state-by-state guide to EVV software systems


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