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WV Nursing Home Pre-Admission Screening
(PAS)
APS Healthcare and its subcontractor (West Virginia Medical Institute--WVMI) are pleased to announce that as of February 22, 2010 PAS can be submitted through direct data entry on a secure website. WVMI will continue to provide clinical review and support; APS Healthcare will manage provide and user registration, support, training and technical assistance.
Features of the system include:
- Direct Data Entry
- Fast – with save features, confirmation of submission, immediate availability of response for view and printing once the review is complete, and search features;
- Secure – meets all security requirements for safeguarding PHI;
- Provides validation before submission to reduce errors and missing data;
- Submitted PAS moves directly to the Nurse Review queue for faster response;
- Printable forms with signature lines for medical record;
- Meets all BMS requirements for PAS submission and notifies PC&A of LEVEL II referrals.
- Eligibility Determination (Page 6) Results Retrieval Online
- While fax submissions are accepted, fax submissions require data entry by WVMI clerical staff and will not be submitted to the Nurse Review queue until all data is entered. Fax submissions are data entered in the order in which they are received and clinical review timelines do not begin until fax submissions have been entered in the system. ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION MUST BE COMPLETE AND LEGIBLE BEFORE PAS CAN BE DATA ENTERED.
- All Eligibility Determinations (Page 6) will need to be retrieved online AND WILL NO LONGER BE SENT BY FAX TO THE PROVIDER(S).
- Provider and User Registration
- Training and Technical Assistance
- Individual or group trainings or technical assistance to discuss provider specific issues is available upon request;
- User Manual/Desktop Guide is available to enrolled provider. Please contact APS Healthcare at either the emails or phone numbers listed above.
Reminder:
Each organization/facility MUST REGISTER as a Provider with APS Healthcare. If you have not registered, or if you are unsure of your registration status with APS, please contact APS Healthcare at 304-343-9663 or 800-461-0655.
While fax submission of PAS is accepted, all providers who complete PAS forms need to register with APS in order to view and print their eligibility determination (formerly referred to as Page 6.)
A Web User Request Form should be completed for each person your organization or facility wants to access the APS PAS website either to submit or check on the status of a PAS.
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