April 2016
Blue Cross, BCN retain Mobile Medical Examination Services Inc.™ for home health reviews
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network will once again retain an independent company to conduct Home Health Reviews, formerly known as in-home assessments, for eligible Blue Cross and BCN Medicare Advantage members. Home Health Reviews began in March and will run through Dec. 31, 2016.
The home health reviews are part of our members’ coverage and are completely voluntary.
Licensed health care professionals from Mobile Medical Examination Services Inc., or MedXM, will provide the personalized Home Health Reviews. These reviews will include a medical history review, brief physical exams and documentation of any existing medical conditions. They won’t replace any care members receive from their physicians. Also, the MedXM health professional can’t access a member’s medical history or write prescriptions.
This type of outreach helps support our members’ health and your ongoing care. It also provides documentation of any current medical conditions, helping to guide our care management programs.
We’ll provide information obtained from these reviews to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as part of our risk-adjustment initiatives. We’ll also share it with you to support your patient care efforts.
Please place a copy of these reviews in your patients’ medical records. You may also want to encourage patients to schedule an office visit following a Home Health Review to discuss the review with them.
If you have any questions, please contact your provider consultant.
|