CHOICES Member definition

CHOICES Member. A member who has been enrolled by TENNCARE into CHOICES. Chronic Condition – as defined by Population Health (and AHRQ) is a condition that lasts twelve (12) months or longer and meets one of both of the following tests: (a) it places limitation on self-care, independent living, and social interactions; (b) it results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products, services, and special equipment (see Xxxxxx et al., 1993). Clean Claim – A claim received by the CONTRACTOR for adjudication that requires no further information, adjustment, or alteration by the provider of the services in order to be processed and paid by the CONTRACTOR. Clinical Practice Guidelines – Systematically developed tools or standardized specifications for care to assist practitioners and patient decisions about appropriate care for specific clinical circumstances. Such guidelines are typically developed through a formal process and are based on authoritative sources that include clinical literature and expert consensus. CMS – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Community-Based Residential Alternatives (CBRA) to institutional care – For purposes of CHOICES and ECF CHOICES:

CHOICES Member. A member who has been enrolled by TENNCARE into CHOICES. Clean Claim – A claim received by the CONTRACTOR for adjudication that requires no further information, adjustment, or alteration by the provider of the services in order to be processed and paid by the CONTRACTOR. Clinical Practice Guidelines – Systematically developed tools or standardized specifications for care to assist practitioners and patient decisions about appropriate care for specific clinical circumstances. Such guidelines are typically developed through a formal process and are based on authoritative sources that include clinical literature and expert consensus. Clinically Related Group 1: Severely and/or Persistently Mentally Ill (SPMI) – Persons in this group are 18 years or older with a valid DSM-IV-TR (and subsequent revisions) diagnosis excluding substance use disorders, developmental disorders or V-codes. They are recently severely impaired and the duration of their severe impairment totals six months or longer of the past year.

CHOICES Member. A member who has been enrolled by TENNCARE into CHOICES. Chronic Condition – as defined by Population Health (and AHRQ) is a condition that lasts 12 months or longer and meets one of both of the following tests: (a) it places limitation on self-care, independent living, and social interactions; (b) it results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products, services, and special equipment (see Xxxxxx et al., 1993). Clean Claim – A claim received by the CONTRACTOR for adjudication that requires no further information, adjustment, or alteration by the provider of the services in order to be processed and paid by the CONTRACTOR. Clinical Practice Guidelines – Systematically developed tools or standardized specifications for care to assist practitioners and patient decisions about appropriate care for specific clinical circumstances. Such guidelines are typically developed through a formal process and are based on authoritative sources that include clinical literature and expert consensus. CMS – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Community-Based Residential Alternatives to Institutional Care (Community-Based Residential Alternatives) – Residential services that offer a cost-effective, community-based alternative to nursing facility care for persons who are elderly and/or adults with physical disabilities. This includes, but is not limited to, assisted care living facilities, adult care homes, and companion care. Complaint – A written or verbal expression of dissatisfaction from a member about an action taken by the CONTRACTOR or service provider other than an adverse action. The CONTRACTOR shall not treat anything as a complaint that falls within the definition of adverse action.

Examples of CHOICES Member in a sentence

• Such model shall be available only for a CHOICES Member who requires and does not have available through family or other caregiving supports frequent intermittent assistance with ADLs or supervision and monitoring for extended periods of time that cannot be accomplished more cost-effectively with other non-residential services.

• A CHOICES Member who requires assistance in order to direct his Companion Care may designate a Representative to assume CD of Companion Care services on his behalf, pursuant to requirements for Representatives otherwise applicable to CD.

• A per Member allotment not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per lifetime which may, at the sole discretion of an MCO, be provided as a CEA to continued institutional care for a CHOICES Member in order to facilitate transition from a NF to the community when such Member will, upon transition, receive more cost-effective non- residential HCBS or Companion Care.

• A consumer-directed residential model in which a CHOICES Member may choose to select, employ, supervise and pay, using the services of an FEA, a live-in companion who will be present in the Member’s home and provide frequent intermittent assistance or continuous supervision and monitoring throughout the entire period of service duration.

• A Member has a right to due process regarding his Individual Cost Neutrality Cap when services are denied or reduced, when a determination is made that an Applicant cannot be enrolled into CHOICES, or a currently enrolled CHOICES Member can no longer remain enrolled in CHOICES because his needs cannot be safely and effectively met in the home and community-based setting at a cost that does not exceed his Individual Cost Neutrality Cap.

• Assign a Supports Broker to each CHOICES Member electing to participate in CD of HCBS.

• A CHOICES Member or his Representative may not elect, as part of the Back-up Plan, to go without services.

• The decision by a CHOICES Member participating in CD to direct and supervise a paid Worker delivering Eligible CHOICES HCBS in the performance of Health Care Tasks that would otherwise be performed by a licensed nurse.

• The Self-Direction of Health Care Tasks is not a service, but rather health care-related duties and functions (such as administration of medications) that a CHOICES Member participating in CD may elect to have performed by a Consumer-Directed Worker as part of the delivery of Eligible CHOICES HCBS he is authorized to receive.

• Dental services for adults age 21 or older enrolled in the ECF CHOICES program shall be reimbursed only for dates of services when the ECF CHOICES Member was enrolled in ECF CHOICES at the time the service was delivered, and subject to the amount approved for such services in the ECF CHOICES Member’s PCSP.

More Definitions of CHOICES Member

CHOICES Member. A member who has been enrolled by TENNCARE into CHOICES. Clean Claim – A claim received by the CONTRACTOR for adjudication that requires no further information, adjustment, or alteration by the provider of the services in order to be processed and paid by the CONTRACTOR.

CHOICES Member. A member who has been enrolled by TENNCARE into CHOICES. Clean Claim – A claim received by the CONTRACTOR for adjudication that requires no further information, adjustment, or alteration by the provider of the services in order to be processed and paid by the CONTRACTOR. Clinical Practice Guidelines – Systematically developed tools or standardized specifications for care to assist practitioners and patient decisions about appropriate care for specific clinical circumstances. Such guidelines are typically developed through a formal process and are based on authoritative sources that include clinical literature and expert consensus. Clinically Related Group 1: Severely and/or Persistently Mentally Ill (SPMI) – Persons in this group are 18 years or older with a valid DSM-IV-TR (and subsequent revisions) diagnosis excluding substance use disorders, developmental disorders or V-codes. They are recently severely impaired and the duration of their severe impairment totals six months or longer of the past year. Clinically Related Group 2: Persons with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) – Persons in this group are 18 years or older with a valid DSM-IV-TR (and subsequent revisions) diagnosis excluding substance use disorders, developmental disorders or V-codes. Persons in this group are recently severely impaired and the duration of their severe impairment totals less than six months of the past year.

CHOICES Member. A member who has been enrolled by TENNCARE into CHOICES. Chronic Condition – as defined by Population Health (and AHRQ) is a condition that lasts twelve (12) months or longer and meets one of both of the following tests: (a) it places limitation on self-care, independent living, and social interactions; (b) it results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products, services, and special equipment (see Xxxxxx et al., 1993). Clean Claim – A claim received by the CONTRACTOR for adjudication that requires no further information, adjustment, or alteration (including written information or substantiation) by the provider of the services in order to be processed and paid by the CONTRACTOR. Clinical Practice Guidelines – Systematically developed tools or standardized specifications for care to assist practitioners and patient decisions about appropriate care for specific clinical circumstances. Such guidelines are typically developed through a formal process and are based on authoritative sources that include clinical literature and expert consensus, including consultation with network providers. Cloning of Medical Notes - Documentation is considered cloned when each entry in the medical record for a beneficiary is worded exactly like or similar to the previous entries. Cloned documentation does not meet medical necessity requirements for coverage of services rendered due to the lack of specific, individual information. All documentation in the medical record must be specific to the patient and her/his situation at the time of the encounter. Cloning of documentation is considered a misrepresentation of the medical necessity requirement for coverage of services. Identification of this type of documentation will lead to denial of services for lack of medical necessity and recoupment of all overpayments made. CMS – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Community-Based Residential Alternatives (CBRA) to institutional care – For purposes of CHOICES and ECF CHOICES: