SR 22-19 Dated 07/22

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES – DIVISION OF ECONOMIC AND HOUSING STABILITY

Bureau of family assistance (bfa)

INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION

 

FROM:

Bureau of Family Assistance (BFA) Administrator IV, Debra E. Sorli

BFA SIGNATURE DATE:

June 20, 2022

FROM:

Director of Division of Medicaid Services (DMS) Henry Lipman

DMS SIGNATURE DATE:

June 24, 2022

AT (OFFICE):

Bureau of Family Assistance

Division of Medicaid Services

 

TO:

All BFA Staff

All DMS Staff

 

SUBJECT:

Update to DFA Form 270R(T) Request For Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 270 Billing Form

 

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 01, 2022

 

 

SUMMARY

 

This Supervisory Release (SR) releases an update to DFA Form 270R(T) Request For Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 270 Billing Form.

 

POLICY

 

No policy is being changed by the release of this SR.

 

NEW HEIGHTS & NH EASY SYSTEMS PROCEDURES AND IMPLEMENTATION

 

NH Easy was updated on June 17, 2022 with BFA Form 270R in the “Forms” section of the webpage to incorporate the revisions to the form as listed below.

 

DESCRIPTION OF REVISIONS MADE TO FORMS

 

The following changes have been made to DFA Form 270R(T) Request for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 270 Billing Form and its Instruction page DFA Form 270R(i):

 

·  “DFA” has been replaced with “BFA” to represent the organization change from “Division” to “Bureau”;

 

·  Form number has been updated from 270R(T) to 270R to remove the “T” which represented the word “test”;

 

·  DHHS website address and the Centralized Scanning Unit email address both have been updated; and

 

·  The question “Is the client expected to return home within 90 days: Yes or No” has been added.

 

POLICY MANUAL REVISIONS

 

Revised Medical Assistance Manual Topics

 

 PART 237 NURSING FACILITY

 Section 237.01 Verification: Nursing Facility

 

IMPLEMENTATION

 

Previous versions of DFA Form 270R(T) and DFA Form 270R(i) can continue to be used until the supply is absorbed.

 

Place an order through the DHHS Warehouse/Logistics via the District Office’s Quarterly Forms Order (QFO) when a supply of the new version of BFA Form 270R and its instruction page BFA Form 270R(i) is needed.  BFA Form 270R will also be available externally on NH Easy Gateway to Services at https://nheasy.nh.gov/#/forms/.  BFA Form 270Rand BFA 270R(i) will both be available internally, for Department staff only, on the N:\ drive.

 

CLIENT NOTIFICATION

 

No client notification is needed.

 

FORMS ONLINE MANUAL POSTING INSTRUCTIONS

 

 Remove and Destroy

 

Insert/Replace

 

 Forms Manual

 

 

 

 

 DFA Form #270R(T), Request for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 270 Billing Form, DFA SR 13-17

   1 singled sided sheet

 

BFA Form #270R, Request for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 270 Billing Form, BFA SR 22-19

1 singled sided sheet

 DFA Form #270R(i), Instructions Request for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 270

Billing Form, DFA SR 13-17

   1 singled sided sheet

 

BFA Form #270R(i), Instructions Request for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 270 Billing Form,

BFA SR 22-19

1 singled sided sheet

 

DISPOSITION

 

This SR may be destroyed or deleted after its contents have been noted and the revised manual topics released by this SR have been posted to the On-line Manuals.

 

DISTRIBUTION

 

This SR will be distributed according to the electronic distribution list for Bureau of Family Assistance policy releases. This SR, and revised On-Line Manuals, will be available for agency staff in the On-Line Manual Library, and for public access on the Internet at www.dhhs.nh.gov/dfa/publications.htm, effective July 1, 2022.

 

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