12 Va. Admin. Code § 30-120-610

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 6, November 4, 2024

Section 12VAC30-120-610 - CCC Plus mandatory managed care members; enrollment process

A. The following individuals shall be enrolled in CCC Plus per the CCC Plus § 1915(b) waiver:

1. Dual eligible individuals with Medicare A or B coverage and full Medicaid coverage.

2. Non-dual eligible individuals who receive long-term services and supports through an institution, the CCC Plus waiver, Building Independence waiver, Community Living waiver, and Family and Individual Supports waiver.

Those enrolled in the Building Independence, Community Living, and Family and Individual Supports waivers will continue to receive their LTSS including LTSS related transportation services through Medicaid fee-for-service.

3. All individuals classified as aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) without Medicare and not receiving LTSS.

4. Individuals who qualify for and enroll under Medicaid expansion who have been identified as medically complex.

B. The following individuals shall be excluded from enrollment in CCC Plus:

1. Individuals enrolled in another DMAS managed care program (e.g., Medallion, FAMIS, and FAMIS MOMS).

2. Individuals enrolled in a PACE program.

3. Newborns whose mothers are CCC Plus members on their date of birth.

4. Individuals who are in limited coverage groups, such as:

a. Dual eligible individuals without full Medicaid benefits, such as:

(1) Qualified Medicare beneficiaries;

(2) Special low-income Medicare beneficiaries;

(3) Qualified disabled working individuals; or

(4) Qualifying individuals for whom Medicaid pays the Part B premium.

b. Individuals enrolled in Plan First who do not meet eligibility criteria for Medicaid expansion.

5. Individuals enrolled in a Medicaid-approved hospice program at the time of enrollment. However, if an individual enters a hospice program while enrolled in CCC Plus, the member will remain enrolled in CCC Plus.

6. Individuals who live on Tangier Island.

7. Individuals younger than 21 years of age who are approved for DMAS psychiatric residential treatment center (RTC) Level C programs as defined in 12VAC30-130-860. Any individual admitted to an RTC Level C program for behavioral health services will be temporarily excluded from CCC Plus until after they are discharged. RTC Level C services may be transitioned to the CCC Plus program in the future.

8. Individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and in fee-for-service at the time of enrollment will be automatically enrolled into CCC Plus but may request to be disenrolled and remain in fee-for-service. The department will exclude these individuals if requested by the member within the first 90 days of CCC Plus enrollment. However, a member who does not request an extension within the first 90 days of CCC Plus enrollment or who develops ESRD while enrolled in CCC Plus will remain in CCC Plus.

9. Individuals who are institutionalized in certain state and private intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID) and mental health facilities as specified in the CCC Plus contract. "Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities" or "ICF/IID" means a facility licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in which care is provided to intellectually disabled individuals who are not in need of skilled nursing care, but who need more intensive training and supervision than would be available in a rooming home, boarding home, or group home. Such facilities must comply with Title XIX standards, provide health or rehabilitative services, and provide active treatment to members toward the achievement of a more independent level of functioning.

10. Individuals who are patients at nursing facilities operated by the Veterans Administration.

11. Individuals participating in the CMS Independence at Home (IAH) demonstration. However, IAH individuals may enroll in CCC Plus if they choose to disenroll from IAH.

12. Certain individuals in out-of-state placements as specified in the CCC Plus contract.

13. Individuals placed on spenddown. However, spenddown individuals are included if they are residing in a nursing home.

14. Incarcerated individuals. Individuals on house arrest are not considered incarcerated.

15. All children enrolled in the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program, established pursuant to Chapter 50 of Title 38.2 (§ 38.2-5000 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia, who shall maintain enrollment in Medicaid fee-for-service.

16. Individuals who have any insurance purchased through the Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program, as defined in 12VAC30-20-205 and 12VAC30-20-210.

17. Individuals who are included in the Medicaid expansion population, but are not identified as medically complex. These individuals are covered through the Medallion program.

C. Enrollment in CCC Plus will be mandatory for eligible individuals. The department shall have sole authority and responsibility for the enrollment of individuals into the CCC Plus program and for excluding members from CCC Plus.

D. There shall be no retroactive enrollment for CCC Plus.

E. The MCO shall notify the member of enrollment in the MCO's plan through a letter submitted simultaneously with the handbook. Upon disenrollment from the plan, the MCO shall notify the member through a disenrollment notice that coverage in the MCO's plan will no longer be effective.

F. The department reserves the right to revise the CCC Plus intelligent default assignment methodology (as described in subsection I of this section) as needed based upon DMAS sole discretion.

G. Eligible individuals as defined in subsection A of this section shall be enrolled in a CCC Plus contracted health plan through a CCC Plus intelligent assignment methodology as defined by DMAS in the CCC Plus contract.

1. The member will be, at a minimum, notified of the member's assigned MCO, right to select another CCC Plus MCO operating in the member's locality, CCC Plus service begin date, and instructions for the individual or the individual's designee to contact DMAS or its enrollment broker to either:

a. Accept the assigned MCO; or

b. Select a different CCC Plus MCO that is operating in the individual's locality.

2. If an individual does not contact DMAS or its enrollment broker to accept the assigned MCO or select a different CCC Plus MCO operating in the individual's locality, the individual shall be enrolled into the assigned MCO.

3. For the initial 90 calendar days following the effective date of CCC Plus enrollment, the member will be permitted to disenroll from one MCO and enroll in another without cause. This 90-day timeframe applies only to the member's initial start date of enrollment in CCC Plus; it does not reset or apply to any subsequent enrollment periods. After the initial 90-day period following the initial enrollment date, the member may not disenroll without cause until the next annual open enrollment period.

4. Open enrollment is a period of time when individuals are able to change from one MCO to another without cause.

a. Open enrollment will occur at least once every 12 months per 42 CFR 438.56(c)(2) and 42 CFR 438.56(f)(1). The open enrollment will occur during October through December with any changes to take effect the following January 1. For individuals not participating in Medicaid expansion, open enrollment will occur from October 1 to December 18 for a January 1 effective date. Individuals participating through Medicaid expansion will have an open enrollment period from November 1 to December 18 for a January 1 effective date.

b. Within 60 days prior to the open enrollment effective date, the department will inform members of the opportunity to remain with the current plan or change to another plan without cause. Those individuals who do not choose a new MCO during the open enrollment period shall remain in their current MCO until their next open enrollment effective date.

H. DMAS shall utilize an intelligent default assignment process to assign eligible individuals, other than the ABD populations described in subdivision A 5 of this section, to a CCC Plus MCO contracted to operate in their locality. If none of the criteria used in the intelligent default assignment process applies to an individual, the individual will be randomly assigned to a CCC Plus MCO operating in the individual's locality. The intelligent default assignment process will, at a minimum, take into account:

1. The individual's previous Medicare and Medicaid MCO enrollment within the past two months if known at the time of assignment, the expansion member's child's Medicaid MCO enrollment; and

2. Which MCO the individual's current providers are contracted with. This may include the nursing facility an individual is residing in at the time of assignment, adult day health care for CCC Plus Waiver enrolled members, and an individual's private duty nursing provider.

I. Consistent with 42 CFR 438.56(d), DMAS must permit a member to disenroll at any time for cause.

1. A member may disenroll from the member's current plan for the following reasons:

a. The member moves out of the MCO's service area;

b. The MCO does not, because of moral or religious objections, cover the service the member seeks;

c. The member needs related services (e.g., a cesarean section and a tubal ligation) to be performed at the same time; not all related services are available within the provider network; and the member's primary care provider or another provider determines that receiving the services separately would subject the individual to unnecessary risk;

d. The member would have to change residential, institutional, or employment supports provider based on that provider's change in status from an in-network to an out-of-network provider with the MCO and, as a result, the member would experience a disruption in residence or employment; and

e. Other reasons as determined by DMAS, including poor quality of care, lack of access to services covered under this MCO, or lack of access to providers experienced in dealing with the member's care needs.

2. The member's request to change from one plan to another outside of open enrollment, or for cause request, may be submitted orally or in writing to the department as provided for in 42 CFR 438.56(d)(1) and cite the reasons why the member wishes to disenroll from one plan and enroll in another. The department will review the request in accordance with cause for disenrollment criteria defined in 42 CFR 438.56(d)(2). The department will respond to "for cause" requests, in writing, within 15 business days of the department's receipt of the request. In accordance with 42 CFR 438.56(e)(2), if the department fails to make a determination by the first day of the second month following the month in which the member files the request, the disenrollment request shall be considered approved and effective on the date of approval. Members who are dissatisfied with the department's determination of the member's request to disenroll from one plan and enroll in another for cause shall have the right to appeal through the state fair hearing process in 12VAC30-110.

J. CCC Plus eligible individuals who have been previously enrolled with a CCC Plus MCO and who regain eligibility for the CCC Plus program within 60 calendar days of the effective date of exclusion or disenrollment will be reassigned to the same MCO whenever possible and without going through the selection or assignment process.

12 Va. Admin. Code § 30-120-610

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 14, eff. 3/31/2021.

Statutory Authority: § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.