Change in post-acute care management

Last modified: March 9, 2021

Effective April 1, 2021, naviHealth will start managing certain post-acute care administrative processes for Medicare Advantage members in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, District of Columbia, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. This includes:

• Prior authorization
• Concurrent (continued stay) review and discharge planning for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)
• Acute inpatient rehab (AIR)
• Long-term acute care (LTAC)
  
  

Plans included: 

• Medicare Advantage plans, previously managed by UnitedHealthcare
• Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (DSNP)
• Chronic Special Needs Plans (CSNP)
• The Medicare component of Fully Integrated Dual Eligible (FIDE) plan (as applicable to your state)   
  
  

Plans not included:

• Any Medicare Advantage members included in a delegated risk agreement to provider medical groups (e.g., Optum Care Network)

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