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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is hosting an online public forum regarding electronic visit verification (EVV) for home health care services (HHCS) on Thursday, March 2, 2023, from 1-3 p.m. CT.
EVV for HHCS will be required in Wisconsin by January 2024. EVV is required by federal law. All states must require EVV to maintain full federal Medicaid funding.
Currently, Wisconsin anticipates the following home health care services will be required to capture EVV data (service codes 92507, 97139, 97799, 99600, 99504, S9123, S9124, T1001, T1021, T1502, S9097, T1030, T1031). EVV for HHCS will be required in Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus fee-for-service, BadgerCare Plus and SSI HMOs, and Family Care and Family Care Partnership programs.
At this time, home health care providers do not need to purchase anything to be in compliance with the EVV requirement. These providers are encouraged to become familiar with EVV at the DHS forum.
Home Health Care Services Electronic Visit Verification Public Forum
Thursday, March 2, 2023
1:00–3:00 p.m. CT
Join by Zoom: https://dhswi.zoomgov.com/j/1613162572
Join by Telephone: +1 669 254 5252, Webinar ID: 161 316 2572
Submit questions
Stakeholders may submit questions in advance to be addressed during the Home Health Care Services Electronic Visit Verification Forum by emailing dhsevv@dhs.wisconsin.gov. Questions will either be answered live during the session or responded to individually.
Forum information
- During the forum, DHS will share information about the federally mandated EVV requirement. There will also be a Q&A session where Wisconsin EVV specialists will answer questions. Questions will either be answered live during the session or responded to individually.
- The forum is offered at no cost and is open to the public.
- Language assistance – closed-captioning and American Sign Language interpretation will be provided during the forum. Request additional language assistance by Wednesday, February 22 by emailing dhsevv@dhs.wisconsin.gov.
- In the weeks following the forum, a recording of the presentation will be made available on the EVV Forums webpage. Written transcripts of the presentation in English, Hmong, Spanish, and other languages (as requested) will also be available there.
- DHS will notify EVV email subscribers when the forum recording and transcripts are available. If you haven’t already, sign up for EVV emails.
Reminder
EVV has been required in Wisconsin for Medicaid-covered personal care and applicable supportive home care services since November 2, 2020. In order for Wisconsin Medicaid to continue to receive its full federal funding, DHS is required to begin imposing consequences for failure to capture required EVV information.
For dates of service on and after May 1, 2023, DHS will begin imposing financial and programmatic consequences when EVV information is not captured for required personal care and supportive home care services (service codes T1019, T1020, S5125, and S5126).
For more information, review ForwardHealth Update No. 2022-48.
