The Georgia Department of Community Health is committed to adhering to the federal 21st Century Cures Act mandate which requires states to implement Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) to avoid an escalating reduction in their federal Medicaid funding. EVV is a technology that automates the collection of service information by home care workers at the point of care. EVV contributes to Georgia Medicaid's mission of providing access to affordable, quality health care services for Medicaid members. It offers advantages not only to Medicaid Members, but to their family caregivers and providers, such as case managers. EVV will address Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse by reducing billing errors and improving claims payment accuracy. Current alternative EVV system stakeholders have reported several benefits since implementing their new systems, which include:

 

• Better Medicaid member outcomes through improved consistency of care delivery;

• Improved service accountability and alignment across the care coordination team;

• Reduced paperwork and manual processes associated with administrative processes;

• More flexibility in performing tasks such as approving timesheets "on the go;"

• Streamlined communications between provider and caregivers;

• Alerts in the event of care deviations, such as late or missed visits; and

•  Service dashboards with reporting capabilities.

 

The DCH EVV Project Team is ready to ramp up efforts towards implementing EVV across Georgia and will announce the EVV solution vendor soon! For more information on Georgia's EVV Program, please visit our dedicated EVV webpage or contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.