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Quality assurance and post eligibility reviews
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The Health Care Authority or its designee conducts routine case reviews to determine the accuracy of an individual's Apple Health coverage. Individuals are required to provide all information requested during a quality assurance review. There are three types of quality assurance reviews.
- Quality assurance reviews conducted by the Division of Program Integrity (DPI): These reviews are conducted according to Federal guidance for the purposes of Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC).
- Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) reviews are conducted every third year by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
- Post eligibility reviews are conducted on Apple Health approvals for MAGI-based coverage. These reviews target approvals where electronic verification suggests the applicant was not eligible or electronic verification was not present. Refer to the approved Washington State Verification Plan.