Downstream Care Partner definition
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CMS may reject any proposed Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner, or remove an individual or entity identified on the Care Partner List.
The Hospital shall include in the notice the date on which the individual or entity ceased to be a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner, or ceased to participate in one or more CRP Tracks.
Any such requests shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 5.2, except that CMS need not conduct a Program Integrity Screening in the case of a request to make a late addition to the certified Care Partner List or a request to increase the number of CRP Tracks in which a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner is participating.
If any proposed Care Partner is a PGP, the proposed Care Partner List must identify each proposed Downstream Care Partner by the PGP name, billing TIN of the PGP, and the name and NPI of each proposed Downstream Care Partner who is a PGP Member of that PGP.
In a form and manner specified by CMS, the Hospital shall notify CMS no later than 30 days after an individual or entity has ceased to be a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner, or ceased participation in one or more CRP Tracks.
The arrangement shall also require the Downstream Care Partner to electronically transmit such summary to a state-designated health information exchange in more than 10 percent of the instances when the Care Partner transitions or refers a patient to another setting of care.
The removal of the individual or entity from the Care Partner List or from the relevant CRP Track will be effective on the date the individual or entity ceased to be a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner, or ceased to participate in the relevant CRP Track.
The Hospital shall require the PGP Care Partner to provide a copy of this Agreement and the Hospital’s relevant Approved Track Implementation Protocols to each Downstream Care Partner.
For purposes of this Agreement, an individual or entity ceases to be a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner when they no longer satisfy the definition of “Care Partner” or “Downstream Care Partner” in Article II of this Agreement.
If a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner is excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, or any other federal health care program, the Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner is removed from the Care Partner List effective no later than the effective date of exclusion.