Holds future third-party administrators accountable for operational readiness and provider network adequacy at each facility by the time the contracts are implemented.
Develops a process to make sure the third-party administrators regularly update their Community Care Network provider lists to reflect accurate provider contact information and annotate providers who are not currently accepting VA patients.
Develops a mechanism for facilities to effectively report, track, and monitor challenges with access to specialty care services; trains all relevant staff on how to use the mechanism; make sure facilities use the mechanism routinely; and then helps facilities resolve access challenges.
Develops and communicates to facilities a standard process to request and document their needs for additional providers.
Evaluates the effectiveness of the third-party administrators’ quarterly and monthly reports for assessing network adequacy and then, if needed, modifies the language in its current contracts and makes changes to the applicable contract language for future Community Care Network contracts.
Develops its own network adequacy performance reports for each facility and communicates the results to the facilities monthly.
Conducts Advanced Medical Cost Management Solution training for community care staff at each facility on evaluating network adequacy through the tool.
Routinely evaluates the third-party administrator’s network adequacy performance reports to ensure the reports are sufficiently reliable and comply with contract requirements, and then holds third-party administrators accountable for resolving identified issues.